Enchodelus macrodoroides (Steiner, 1914) Thorne, 1939

Thorne, Gerald, 1974, Enchodelus macrodorus (de Man, 1880) Thorne, 1939, Nematodes of the Northern Great Plains Part II DORYLAIMOIDEA in part [NEMATA: ADENOPHOREA], Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletins, pp. 72-77 : 73

Enchodelus macrodoroides (Steiner, 1914) Thorne, 1939

Synonyms: Dorilaimus macrodoroides Steiner 1914

Dorylaimellus macrodoroides (Steiner, 1914) T &. S. 1936

( Fig. 37 , I, J)

1.5 mm; a= 28; b =4. 7; c=28; v=56

Body robust, tapering both ways from near middle, somewhat arcuate, especially in tail. Lip region set off hy slight depression with distinct papillae. Spear 15μ. long with aperture ⅓ its length. Spear extensions 19μ. long without Bauges. Esophagus enlarged in basal third, with 3 conspímlous gland nuclei. Cardia bluntly conoid. ⅓ as long as body width. intestine tesellated with bright brown granules. Vulva longitudinal. Ovafies reflex - ed about ⅓ their length. Eggs about twice as long as body diameter. No spexmatheca or sperms seen and no males collected. Prerectum length about twice body diameter. Green algae-like material observed in the intestine of one specimen. Tail arcuate to bluntly rounded terminus.

Habitat: Small numbers from several localities in North and South Dakota, western Montana; Hadashville, Manitoba and Moosomin, Sas - katchewan, Canada.

Figures

Fig. 37. Ad), Pungmlus rras.fu.f. E, Ènclmdorcîla penerram: F-H, hvxr/:odefus marradorus. I, l, Linc/i odeia; ınafrodofvıdfu: FJ after Thema, 1939, courtcsy oi Ivîartinus Níjhoíf.