Enchodelus macrodorus

Shamim Jairajpuri, M. & Loof, P. A. A., 1967, On Some Species of Enchodelus Thorne, 1939 from India (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae), Nematologica 13 (4), pp. 501-508 : 501-502

ENCHODELUS MACRODORUS(DE MAN, 1880) THORNE, 1939

( Fig. 1 )

One female. Dimensions: L = 1.47 mm; a = 25; b = 4.8; c = 67; V = 123717. Generally this specimen agrees well with the redescription given by Thorne (1939), and with specimens collected recently in The Netherlands. The vulva, however, lies more anteriorly (41- 46% in European specimens) and there is no constriction between the base of the spear extensions and the oesophagus proper; such a constriction is, however, present in the single juvenile of this species found in the same soil sample. Spear length 42 t, or 2.5;<the width of the lip region; width of spear 2.5 tt, aperture about one-eighth of spear length. Spear extensions 46 tt, flanged, the central walls more strongly sclerotized. Stomatal walls thickened anterior to guiding ring. Vulva appears longitudinal; vagina with indistinct, weak sclerotization. Rectum slightly shorter than anal body diameter, prerectum about thrice as long as rectum. On the tail the inner cuticular layer is strongly thickened (8 JL, total thickness of cuticle there 9.7 ju), with distinct radial striae.

Collected from soil near roots of apple, Srinagar, Kashmir.

Figures

Fig. 1. Enchodelusmacrodorus (De Man, 1880): female, head end.