Description of a new species of Paracrobeles Heyns, 1968 (Nematoda, Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

  • Sven Boström Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm
  • Oleksandr Holovachov Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.117
Keywords: Morphology, new species, Paracrobeles, SEM, taxonomy.

Abstract

A new species of Paracrobeles, P. kelsodunensis sp. nov. is described from the Kelso Dunes area, Mojave National Preserve, southern California. Paracrobeles kelsodunensis sp. nov. is particularly characterised by a body length of 469–626 μm in females and 463–569 μm in males; lateral field with four incisures, extending almost to tail terminus; three pairs of asymmetrical lips, separated by U-shaped primary axils with two long guarding processes, each lip usually with four tines along its margin; three long labial probolae, deeply bifurcated, with slender prongs without tines; metastegostom with a strong anteriorly directed dorsal tooth; pharyngeal corpus anteriorly spindle-shaped, posteriorly elongate bulbous with dilated lumen; spermatheca 24–87 μm long; postvulval uterine sac 60–133 μm long; vulva in a sunken area; spicules 33–38 μm long; and male tail with a 5–8 μm long mucro. The generic diagnosis is emended on the basis of recently described species and a key to the species of Paracrobeles is provided.

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Published
2015-03-23
How to Cite
Boström, S., & Holovachov, O. (2015). Description of a new species of Paracrobeles Heyns, 1968 (Nematoda, Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA. European Journal of Taxonomy, (117). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.117
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No. 117 (2015): Description of a new species of Paracrobeles Heyns, 1968 (Nematoda, Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
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Zoology
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