Two new genera of nematode (Oxyurida,Hystrignathidae) parasites of Passalidae (Coleoptera) from the Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Authors: | Jans Morffe Nayla García |
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Affiliation: | 1.Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera de Varona km 31/2, Capdevila, Boyeros, Habana 19, C.P.10800, La Habana, Cuba |
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Abstract: | Two new genera and species parasitizing passalid beetles from the Democratic Republic of Congo are described. Kongonema meyerigen. n. sp. n. is characterized by having females with the cervical cuticle unarmed, first cephalic annule cone-like and truncate, sub-cylindrical procorpus and genital tract didelphic-amphidelphic. The males of Kongonema meyerigen. n. sp. n. have the procorpus sub-cylindrical, the dorsal cuticle of the tail end thickened, a single large, median mammiform pre-cloacal papilla and a pair of small, pre-cloacal, sub-lateral papillae at a short distance before the level of the cloaca. Lubanema decraemeraegen. n. sp. n. is characterized by the body markedly fusiform, cuticle unarmed and strongly annulated, procorpus sub-cylindrical, isthmus as a constriction between procorpus and basal bulb, genital tract monodelphic-prodelphic and the posterior end rounded with a very short tail appendage. |
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Keywords: | Nematoda Hystrignathidae Kongonema Lubanema Passalidae Democratic Republic of Congo |
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