Plectus inquirendus Andrässy, 1958

P. A. A. LOOF, 1971, FREELIVING AND PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES FROM SPITZBERGEN, COLLECTED BY MR. H. VAN ROSSEN, Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 71, pp. 1-86 : 47

Plectus inquirendus Andrässy, 1958

( Fig. 15 , A-B).

One female. Dimensions: L = 0.62 mm; a = 30; b = 3.8; c = 4.7; V =8449. Amphids cryptospiral, measuring 35 % of corresponding body width; located 16 [x or two lip region widths from head end, behind middle of mouth cavity, which is 23 [x deep, tapering in cheilostome, then narrow, tubular. Cephalic setae 4 \t. long,directed anteriad, located rather far backward (7 [x from head end). Lip region somewhat conoid. Cardia long, the posterior part of peculiar structure. This species is conspicuous for its slender body, very narrow stoma, by the corpus of the oesophagus being thicker than the isthmus, and by its very slender tail, measuring 12.2 anal body widths in the Spitzbergen specimen. Known so far only from Bulgaria.

Sample 37.

Figures

FIG. 15. A-B: Plectus inquirendus Andrâssy, female. A:neck region; B: entire specimen. C-D: P.geophilus de Man, female. C: neck region; D: tail.