Abstract
Plant nematodes recorded during surveys in the Fynbos Biome are listed and a new Helicotylenchus species is described. Helicotylenchus curatus sp. n. is characterised bystylet length (42-46 μm in females, 37-40 μm in males), presence of two rudimentary subdorsal and two rudimentary subventral lobes on the labial disc, first lip annulus divided into six sectors, presence of fasciculi and presence of males. Nine families represented by 32 genera and 152 species were identified from the Fynbos Biome. The generaCriconema, Helicotylenchus, Hemicycliophora, Rotylenchus, Scutellonema and Xiphinema were found in more than 30 % of the localities, whereas Caloosia, Criconemoides, Ditylenchus, Geocenamus, Hemicriconemoides, Heterodera, Hoplolaimus, Longidorus, Meloidogyne, Mesocriconema, Ogma, Paralongidorus, Paratrichodorus, Paratylenchus, Pratylenchoides, Pratylenchus, Rotylenchulus, Trichodorusand Tylenchorhynchus were found at fewer localities. The genera Anguina, Hirschmaniella, Histotylenchus and Zygotylenchus were each identified from a single locality.
Highlights
In 1987, the South African Plant-Parasitic Nematode Survey (SAPPNS) programme was initiated with the aim to make a comprehensive assessment of the nematode biodiversity resources of South Africa
One of the objectives of the SAPPNS is to compile an inventory of the plant-parasitic nematodes of South Africa
Nine families represented by 32 genera and 152 species were identified from the Fynbos biome (Table 1)
Summary
In 1987, the South African Plant-Parasitic Nematode Survey (SAPPNS) programme was initiated with the aim to make a comprehensive assessment of the nematode biodiversity resources of South Africa. Hoplolaimus capensis Van den Berg & Heyns, 1970
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