Heterorhabditis beicherriana, Xing-Yue, Li, Qi-Zhi, Liu, Nermuť, Jiří, Púža, Vladimír & Mráček, Zdenĕk, 2012

Xing-Yue, Li, Qi-Zhi, Liu, Nermuť, Jiří, Púža, Vladimír & Mráček, Zdenĕk, 2012, Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from the Shunyi district of Beijing, China, Zootaxa 3569, pp. 25-40 : 27

Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp.

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Figures

FIGURE 1. Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp. (drawings). A – D male; A-head with pharynx, B-tail ventrally, C- tail laterally, D-spicules and gubernaculum. E – F hermaphrodite; E tail, F-vulva. G – H female; G-tail, H-vulva. I-K infective juvenile; I-head and pharynx, J-ensheathed specimen, K- exsheated specimen. Scale bar: A, C, I = 90 µm, B = 70 µm, D = 30 µm, E, F = 115 µm, G, H = 110 µm, J = 50 µm, K = 75 µm.

FIGURE 2. Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp. (LM). A – B hermaphrodite; A-tail, B-vulva. C – D female; C-tail, D-vulva with a mucus. E – F male; E-tails with a peloderan bursa, F-spicules and gubernaculum. G – H. exsheathed infective juvenile; G-head with a labial tooth and pharynx with a bacterial pouch, H-tail. Scale bar: A = 100 µm, B = 170 µm, C, E = 55 µm, D = 150 µm, F = 35 µm, G, H = 40 µm.

FIGURE 3. Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp. (SEM). A – D infective juvenile; A-head of ensheathed specimen, B-head with a labial tooth, C-cervical region with a lateral field beginning, D-lateral field in a mid-body; E – H. hermaphrodite. E – F head with lips, labial and cephalic papillae (1,2,3,4,5,6), G-vulval pattern, H-tail.