Description of Hoplolaimus bachlongviensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) from banana soil in Vietnam

• DOI: 10.3897/bdj.3.e6523
• Publication Date: 2015-11-10T11:52:02Z
• Authors: Tien Nguyen; Quang Bui; Phap Trinh
• Keywords: Excretory system

The genus Hoplolaimus Daday, 1905 belongs to the subfamily Hoplolaimine Filipiev, 1934 of family Hoplolaimidae (Krall 1990). Daday established this on a single female H. tylenchiformis recovered from mud hole Banco Island, Paraguay in (Sher 1963​, Krall species are distributed worldwide and cause damage numerous agricultural crops (Luc et al. 1990 Robbins 1998​). In 1992, Handoo Golden reviewed 29 valid Dayday, (Handoo 1992). Siddiqi (2000) recognised three subgenera Hoplolaimus: (Hoplolaimus) with ten species, is characterized by lateral field distinct, four incisures, excretory pore behind hemizonid; (Basirolaimus) 18 one obliterated, anterior hemizonid, dorsal oesophageal gland quadrinucleate; (Ethiolaimus) obliterated; uninucleate (Siddiqi 2000). Since then, puriensis Ali, Shaheen & Pervez, 2009 has been described (​Ali 2009). Up now, there have two reported Vietnam, viz seinhorsti chambus (Nguyen Nguyen 2000).Hoplolaimus bachlongviensis sp. n. was isolated banana soil Bach Long Vi Vietnam. illustrated below. Some diagnostic characters include body slightly curved ventrally, offset lip region exhibiting annules, reduced, pharyngeal glands six nuclei, epiptygma absent, intestine not overlapping rectum male found.