Indian Journal of Nematology
Year : 1981, Volume : 11, Issue : 2
First page : ( 176) Last page : ( 179)
Print ISSN : 0303-6960.

Soil and plant parasitic nematodes from Maharashtra, India. VIII. Mammillonema mammillatus gen. n., sp. n. (Dorylaimida: Nematoda)

Darekar K.S.*, Khan E.

Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012.

* Present address: Department of Entomology, Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri, 413 722, Maharashtra State.

Received:  January,  1981.

Abstract

Mammillonema mammillatus gen. n., sp. n. is characterised by the presence of set-off head with prominent mammillate papillae; sub-labial, abnormally large amphids; attenuated spear with a sharply pointed tip. Asymmetrical spear extension, anteriorly zig-zag. Amphidelphic female gonads. Spicules with lateral guiding pieces; supplements, in the form of adanal pair and a series of seven mammillate ventro median supplements. Tails in both the sexes elongate, conoid. The specimens were collected from the soil around the roots of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) at Ruhuri, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Stale.

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