A checklist of the family Pratylenchidae Thorne, 1949 from Iran
Author
Alvani, Somaye
Author
Mahdikhani-Moghadam, Esmat
Author
Rouhani, Hamid
Author
Mohammadi, Abbas
text
Zootaxa
2016
4079
2
179
204
journal article
31522
10.11646/zootaxa.4079.2.2
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10.
P. flakkensis
Seinhorst 1968
(
Pachenari Torghabe
et al
. 2014)
6♀
:
L
= 430 (420–435) µm;
a
= 22.9 (22.1–24);
b
= 5.3 (5–5.5);
c
= 18.4 (18.1– 18.7);
c'
= 2 (1.9–2.2);
St
= 17 (16.8–17.5) µm;
V
= 78.8 (78–80);
V´
= 83.3 (82–84.6)
Associated plants and locality.
Vegetables (Razavi Khorasan).
References.
Pachenari Torghabe, M.
et al
., Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad,
2012
,
pers. com
;
Pachenari Torghabe
et al
.
2014
[F].
Remarks.
The Iranian population of
P. flakkensis
closely corresponds to the original description (Seinhorst 1968). It is characterized by having a labial region with two annuli, lateral fields with four lines, rounded spermatheca filled with sperm, and subcylindrical tail with annulated tip (there are 18–19 annuli on ventral side of the tail). Three species,
P. loosi
Loof 1960
,
P. alleni
Ferris 1961
and
P. convallariae
Seinhorst 1959
are close to
P. flakkensis
. Comparison of
type
materials of
P. flakkensis
with these three species was made. The Iranian population of
P. flakkensis
differs from
P. loosi
by having an annulated
vs
smooth tail tip and rounded
vs
rectangular spermatheca, from
P. alleni
by annulated
vs
smooth tail tip, length of the stylet (16.8–17.5
vs
13.5–15µm) and single row of oocytes
vs
double and from
P. convallariae
by two
vs
three lip annuli, long
vs
short postvulval uterine sac and annulations of the tail tip (regular
vs
irregular).