Bursphelenchus koreanus sp.n. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) in packaging wood from South Korea

Leiden

2013

S. 601-609

SonderdruckBandaufführung

189241

Bursaphelenchus koreanus sp. n., isolated in Ningbo, P.R. China, from packing wood made from Pinus sp. imported from South Korea, is described. It is characterised by a slim body (a = 28-35), lateral field with four lines, excretory pore located at level of, or slightly posterior to, median bulb, vula at 75% of total body length, presence of a distinct vulval flap in lateral view, postuterine branch extending for ca two-thirds of vulva-anus distance, female tail conical and ventrally bent with slightly pointed, irregular or roughened terminus, spicules large and arcuate with pointed rostrum, cucullus visible but sometimes reduced to a small blunt extension. The new species belongs to the xylophilus group and is most similar to B. luxuriosae and B. paraluxuriosae. It is dinstinguished from other Bursaphelenchus species by morphology, ITS-RFLP patterns and sequencing results.