New and Known Species of Predacious Nematodes of Pakistan
New and Known Species of Predacious Nematodes of Pakistan
Uzma Ishaque1, Nasira Kazi1, Erum Iqbal1* and Shahnaz Dawar2
ABSTRACT
During the survey of predacious nematode of Pakistan two new species and eight new records of the following species were recovered. Mylonchulus musae n. sp., collected from the rhizophoric soil of Musa paradisiaca L. in Karachi Sindh, Discolaimus tabacum n. sp., from the roots of Nicotiana tabacum L. in Manshera, KP, Discolaimus conicus Siddiqi, 2005 from the roots of Saccharum officinarum L. in Mirpurkhas, Sindh, Discolaimus laksi Khan and Laha, 1982 from soil around the roots of Gossypium hirsutum L. in Sargodha, Punjab, Discolaimus omanensis Siddiqi, 2005 from roots of Mangifera indica L., in Faisalabad, Punjab, Discolaimus paratenax Siddiqi, 2005 from decaying matter in Peshawar, KP, Dorylaimoides micoletzkii (de Man, 1921) Thorne and Swanger, 1936 from soil around the roots of Vitis vinefera L. in Quetta, Balochistan, Sectonema ventralis Thorne,1930 from roots of Prunus persica L. in Peshawar, KP, Ironus terranovus Ebsary, 1985 from soil around the roots of Musa paradisiacal L. in Nawabshah, Sindh and Seinura oswegoensis (Van der Linde, 1938) Goodey, 1960 from the roots of Oryza sativa L. in Nawabshah, Sindh. Morphological and morphometric details, description illustrations, along with the photomicrographs are given.
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