Redescription of Robustodorus megadorus with Molecular Characterization and Analysis of Its Phylogenetic Position within the Family Aphelenchoididae

Based on a new record of the rare species Robustodorus megadorus from Utah, the generic diagnosis was amended to include the following characters: a labial disc surrounded by six pore-like sensilla; the absence of a cephalic disc; a lobed cephalic region devoid of annulation; a hexagonal inner cutic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 45(2013), 4 vom: 14. Dez., Seite 237-52
1. Verfasser: Ryss, Alexander Y (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McClure, Michael A, Nischwitz, Claudia, Dhiman, Christine, Subbotin, Sergei A
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of nematology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Aphelenchoides megadorus DNA Pasteuria Robustodorus megadorus morphology phylogeny scanning electron microscopy
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Zusammenfassung:Based on a new record of the rare species Robustodorus megadorus from Utah, the generic diagnosis was amended to include the following characters: a labial disc surrounded by six pore-like sensilla; the absence of a cephalic disc; a lobed cephalic region devoid of annulation; a hexagonal inner cuticular structure of the pouch surrounding the stylet cone; large stylet knobs, rounded in outline and somewhat flattened on their lateral margins; a large spermatheca with an occluded lumen and lacking sperm; the excretory pore located between the median bulb and nerve ring. The stylet orifice consists of an open, ventral, elongate slit or groove. These characters distinguish the genus from the closely related genus Aphelenchoides. A lectotype and paralectotypes were designated. Results of phylogenetic analyses of the 18S and D2-D3 of 28S rRNA gene sequences revealed that R. megadorus occupies a basal position within one of the two main clades of the subfamily Aphelenchoidinae and shares close relationships with a species group of the genus Aphelenchoides that includes A. blastophthorus, A. fragariae, A. saprophilus, A. xylocopae, and A. subtenuis. Several specimens in our collection of R. megadorus were infected with Pasteuria sp. as were some of the paralectotypes
Beschreibung:Date Completed 31.12.2013
Date Revised 23.03.2024
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0022-300X