Draconema Cobb 1913

Key to species of the genus Draconema Cobb, 1913: cf., keys in Allen & Noffsinger (1978) and Rho & Kim (2004). 1. Male with 14–19 SlAT. Female with 18–24 SlAT. 2 - Male with 7–10 SlAT. Female with 9–16 SlAT. 3 2. Male cloacal setae all unevenly tapered. D. chilense - Male cloacal setae all u...

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Main Authors: Kito, Kenji, Chatterjee, Tapas
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2012
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Rho
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5672067
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Summary:Key to species of the genus Draconema Cobb, 1913: cf., keys in Allen & Noffsinger (1978) and Rho & Kim (2004). 1. Male with 14–19 SlAT. Female with 18–24 SlAT. 2 - Male with 7–10 SlAT. Female with 9–16 SlAT. 3 2. Male cloacal setae all unevenly tapered. D. chilense - Male cloacal setae all uniformly tapered. D. ophicephalum 3. Male with 2 sublateral pairs of uniformly tapered cloacal setae and 2 subventral pairs of unevenly tapered cloacal setae. 4 - Male cloacal setae all uniformly tapered. 8 4. Male with 10–11 SvAT. Female with 12–14 SvAT. D. andamanense sp. nov. - Male with 14–18 SvAT. Female with 14–19 SvAT. 5 5. Male and female with 9–13 anteriormost annules enlarged on swollen pharyngeal region. Male with short gubernaculum (16–23μm). 6 - Male and female with 15–16 anteriormost annules enlarged on swollen pharyngeal region. Male with long gubernaculum (31–44μm). 7 6. Male with gubernaculum dilated laterally in distal part. D. japonicum - Male with gubernaculum not dilated laterally in distal part. D. cephalatum 7. Male and female with 6 pairs of setae on non-annulated tail end. D. brasiliense - Male and female with 7 pairs of setae on non-annulated tail end. D. fluminense 8. Male cloacal flap crenate. D. haswelli - Male cloacal flap not crenate. 9 9. Male and female with long setae on non-annulated tail end. D. antarcticum - Male and female without long setae on non-annulated tail end. D. claparedii Published as part of Kito, Kenji & Chatterjee, Tapas, 2012, New species of the genera Draconema Cobb, 1913 and Paradraconema Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Nematoda: Draconematidae) from the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, with keys to the species, pp. 78-88 in Zootaxa 3575 on page 83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212555