Abstract

Aphelenchoides fuchsi sp. n. is described and illustrated from bark and wood samples of a weakened Mondell pine in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. The new species has body length of 332 to 400 µm (females) and 365 to 395 µm (males). Lip region set off from body contour. The cuticle is weakly annulated, and there are four lines in the lateral field. The stylet is 8 to 10 μm long and has small basal swellings. The excretory pore is located ca one body diam. posterior to metacorpus valve or 51 to 62 μm from the head. The postuterine sac well developed (60-90 µm). Spicules are relatively short (15-16 μm in dorsal limb) with apex and rostrum rounded, well developed, and the end of the dorsal limb clearly curved ventrad like a hook. The male tail has usual three pairs of caudal papillae (2+2+2) and a well-developed mucro. The female tail is conical, terminating in a complicated step-like projection, usually with many tiny nodular protuberances. The new species belongs to the Group 2 sensu Shahina, category of Aphelenchoides species. Phylogenetic analysis based on small subunit (SSU) and partial large subunit (LSU) sequences of rRNA supported the morphological results.

Highlights

  • Aphelenchoides fuchsi sp. n. is described and illustrated from bark and wood samples of a weakened Mondell pine in Kermanshah Province, western Iran

  • A new species of Aphelenchoides was isolated from a weakened Mondell pine tree (Pinus eldarica L.), which is described and figured in this paper as Aphelenchoides fuchsi sp. n

  • Several bark and wood samples from weakened pine trees were collected from western Iran, which yielded an aphelenchid nematode belonging to the genus Aphelenchoides

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Aphelenchoides fuchsi sp. n. is described and illustrated from bark and wood samples of a weakened Mondell pine in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. N. is described and illustrated from bark and wood samples of a weakened Mondell pine in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. The new species has body length of 332 to 400 mm (females) and 365 to 395 mm (males). A new species of Aphelenchoides, Aphelenchoides huntensis Esmaeili, Fang, Li, and Heydari, 2016 is described in association with pine trees in Iran. N. As a result, a new species of Aphelenchoides was isolated from a weakened Mondell pine tree (Pinus eldarica L.), which is described and figured in this paper as Aphelenchoides fuchsi sp. It is the second new species of Aphelenchoides that is described from Iran

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