Description of Bursaphelenchus yongensis sp.n. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidas) isolated from Pinus massoniana in China

Petrozavodsk

Russian Society of Nematologists

2006

S. 91-99

Bandaufführung

134624

Russian Journal of Nematology ; 14(1), S. 91-99

Busaphelenchus yongensis sp. n. isolated in Ningbo, China from Pinus massoniana, is described and illustrated. This nematode has a body length of 927 (816 - 1023) öm and 746 (699 - 926) öm for females and males, respectively, a slim body (a = 42 and 57, respectively), 13-14 öm long stylet, excretory pore at level of median bulbp, lateral field with three lines, long post-uterine branch extending two thirds to three quarters of vulva to anus distance and a conoid female tail (c = 30) usually showing a 2-5 öm long mucron in central position at the terminus, male with small spicules (12-14 öm long) having distinct pointed rostrum, high distinctly dorsally bent condylus and small cucullus, and a dorso-entrally visible terminal bursa of variable shape, but often two-pointed. Bursaphelenchus yongensis sp. n. differs morphologically from the most similar b. eremus by the presence of a cucullus at the distal end of the spicules, the differently-formed spicule condylus being higher and more strongly dorsally bent than in B. eremus, the presence of a small vulval flap and the longer mucron of females. The new species can be differentiated from B. eremus and 26 other Bursaphelenchus species by means of ITS-RFLP.