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On Pungentus thornei n. sp., a new dorylaimid nematode from soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

T. Goodey
T. Goodey
Affiliation:
Institute of Agricultural Parasitology, St. Albans.
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In water extracts of turf from one of the meadows at this Institute made May and November, 1941, several specimens of a new dorylaimid nematode were obtained. They were noticeable even under low magnification by reason of the elongated mouth spear and the shape of the tail. Females only have been found. Study of freshly-killed and well preserved specimens showed that they belong to the genus Pungentus of Thorne & Swanger (1936). As, however, they do not agree structurally with any of the species described by Thorne & Swanger (l.c.) and by Thorne (1939), a new species is erected for their reception. The worms are named in honour of Dr. Gerald Thorne, who in the two monographs just cited has added so materially to our knowledge of the soil nematodes belonging to the superfamily Dorylaimoidea.

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Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 20 , Issue 1-2 , August 1942 , pp. 6 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1942

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References

Thorne, G., 1939.—A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zool., viii (5), 1–261.Google Scholar
Thorne, G. & Swanger, H. H.; 1936.—A monograph of the nematode genera Dorylaimus Dujardin, Aporcelaimus n.g., Dorylaimoides n.g. and Pungentus n.g. Capita Zool., vi (4), 1–224.Google Scholar