Dronen Norman O, Blend Charles K, Ostrowski de Núñez Margarita C, Malhotra Sandeep K, Jaiswal Neeshma
Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2258 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843-2258, USA,
Syst Parasitol. 2014 Jul;88(3):213-25. doi: 10.1007/s11230-014-9498-z. Epub 2014 Jun 17.
Three keys to the species of Neolebouria Gibson, 1976, representing three body types, are provided based on the location of the genital pore relative to the intestinal bifurcation. These are: the lanceolata body type, where the genital pore is clearly prebifurcal; the diacopae body type, where the genital pore is located at or near the level of the intestinal bifurcation; and the maorum body type, where the genital pore is clearly postbifurcal. Fifteen species were assigned to the lanceolata body type; eight species to the diacopae body type; and four species to the maorum body type. Neolebouria truncata (Linton, 1940) is redescribed and N. georgiensis Gibson, 1976 is reinstated as a valid species. Neither N. georgiensis, nor N. antarctica Szidat & Graefe, 1967 (syn. Crassicutis antarcticus Szidat & Graefe, 1967), as described by Zdzitowiecki et al. (1993), represent N. antarctica, as originally described, and N. georgiensis and N. antarctica, as described by Zdzitowiecki et al. (1993), may be conspecific.
基于生殖孔相对于肠分叉的位置，给出了代表三种体型的1976年吉布森新勒布线虫属物种的三个检索表。它们分别是：披针型体型，生殖孔明显位于肠分叉之前；双孔型体型，生殖孔位于肠分叉水平处或附近；毛利型体型，生殖孔明显位于肠分叉之后。披针型体型有15个物种；双孔型体型有8个物种；毛利型体型有4个物种。重新描述了截形新勒布线虫（林顿，1940年），并恢复了1976年吉布森氏新勒布线虫的有效物种地位。兹齐托维茨基等人（1993年）描述的吉布森氏新勒布线虫和1967年齐达特和格雷费描述的南极新勒布线虫（同物异名：1967年齐达特和格雷费的南极厚尾线虫）都不代表最初描述的南极新勒布线虫，兹齐托维茨基等人（1993年）描述的吉布森氏新勒布线虫和南极新勒布线虫可能是同种。
