Report of six free-living nematode species of the order Dorylaimida Pearse, 1942 for Iran's nematode fauna from Mazandaran province

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1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran

2 Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain

Abstract

In order to identify free-living and plant parasitic nematodes of the Zirab region, Mazandaran province, 120 samples were collected from the rhizosphere soil of different plants, running sediments and waters of the region during 2021-2022. In the laboratory, the nematodes were extracted using usual nematology methods. After killing and fixing, the nematodes were transferred to anhydrous glycerine and permanent microscopic slides prepared. Morphological and morphometric characteristics of the nematodes were studied by means of an optical Olympus BX41 microscope armed with a drawing tube. The identification was made using valid scientific sources and the nematodes identification keys. As the results in this study, six species belonging to five genera and two families including Aporcelaimus ingens, Aporcelaimus pachydermus, Metaporcelaimus silvanus from Aporcelaimidae and Mesodorylaimus usitatus, Prodorylaimus filiarum and Dorylaimus stagnalis from Dorylaimidae were identified, which all are reported and described for the first time from Iran’s nematode fauna based on the available literature.

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Iranian Journal of Nematology
Volume 2, Issue 1
November 2023
Pages 159-181

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