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Zonothrix Todd 1942

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Description

Genus Zonothrix Todd, 1942

Generic diagnosis. Female: Cephalic extremity formed by circumoral annule and simple second annule. Oesophageal end bulb gently clavate with or without pseudobulb. Isthmus a constriction between corpus and bulb. Cardia may or may not be modified into a branch-like structure posteriorly. Vulva with protruding anterior lip near posterior-third of the body. Vagina short, anteriorly directed. Gonads amphidelphic. Eggs broadly oval with filaments coiled around shell. Tail conical

Male: Cephalic extremity formed by single annule. Corpus cylindrical. Caudal extremity conical. Spicule present. Caudal papillae consisting of one pair pre-anal sub-ventral, one pair adanal sub-lateral, three pairs circumanal of which one pair pre-anal, one pair adanal and one pair post-anal and two pairs on tail, of which one is sub-lateral and one sub-ventral.

Notes

Published as part of Shah, Manjur, 2011, Nematode parasites of invertebrates from Manipur, North East India (Diagnosis, keys and illustration), pp. 1-37 in Zootaxa 3107 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279226

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Biodiversity

Family
Pseudonymidae
Genus
Zonothrix
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spirurida
Phylum
Nematoda
Scientific name authorship
Todd
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zonothrix Todd, 1942 sec. Shah, 2011

References

  • Todd, A. C. (1942) A new parasitic nematode from a water scavenger beetle. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 61, 286 - 289.