Longidorella tredecima (Andrassy, 1966) Jairajpuri & Hooper, 1969

Andrássy, Istvan, 2009, FREE-LIVING NEMATODES OF HUNGARY (NEMATODA ERRANTIA), Pedozoologica Hungarica III (5), pp. 382-387 : 382

Longidorella tredecima (Andrassy, 1966) Jairajpuri & Hooper, 1969

( Fig. 101 a-c)

Syn. Enchodorella tredecima Andrassy, 1966 ; Longidorella (Enchodorella) tredecima (Andrássy, 1966) Jairajpuri & Hooper, 1969 ( Siddiqi, 2007).

Female: L = 0.83 mm; a = 18; b = 4.3; c = 17; c ’ = 2.0; V = 58%.

Male: unknown.

Description. Body very plump. Cuticle smooth and fairly thick, 3 μm on mid-body and 6 pm on tail. Lip region rounded, continuous with body contour. Amphid aperture 2/3 of corresponding body width. Odontostyle very thin, 46 pm long, 4.5 times as long as labial diameter. Oesophagus at 66% widened. Prerectum only as long as anal body width. Vulval lips weakly sclerotized. Tail conoid, finger-like in its posterior half, its tip finely rounded.

Main characters. The continuous head, thick cuticle, long odontostyle and the relatively long tail distinguish this species.

Habitat and distribution. Soil nematode, known from Europe (Hungary) only.

In Hungary. I collected this species from wet soil near Leányfalu, Pílis Mountains.

References: Andrassy, 1966 b, 1972 a, 1990 a.

Etymology. Latin tredecima means: the thirteenth.

Figures

Fig. 101. Longidorella tredecima (Andrassy, 1964). a: anterior end; b: vulval region; c: female posterior end.