Tylencholaimus japonicus Ahmad and Araki, 2003

Li, Yujuan, Baniyamuddin, M., Ahmad, Wasim & Wu, Jihua, 2008, Four new and four known species of Tylencholaimoidea (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) from China, Journal of Natural History 42 (29 - 30), pp. 1991-2010 : 2000

Tylencholaimus japonicus Ahmad and Araki, 2003

( Figure 2 G–J; Table 2)

Habitat and locality

Soil around the roots of trees in a mixed evergreen broad-leaved forest, Ailao Mountains , Yunnan Province ; and from meadow and shrubland in Mila, Demula and Sejila Mountains , Tibet, China .

Remarks

Ahmad and Araki (2003) described T. japonicus from deciduous forests in Japan. The present population from China conforms well to the description of the original population from Japan apart from having a slightly lower b value (vs 3.4–3.7).

Figures

Figure 2. (A–F) Tylencholaimus sinensis sp. nov.: (A) anterior region; (B) anterior end showing amphid; (C) expanded part of pharynx; (D) female genital branch (posterior); (E) female posterior end; (F) male posterior region. (G–J) Tylencholaimus japonicus Ahmad and Araki, 2003: (G) anterior region; (H) anterior end showing amphid; (I) female genital system; (J) female posterior end.