Islam Md Niraul, Imran Zarrin, Ahmad Wasim
Nematode Biodiversity Research lab, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh- 202 002 India.
Zootaxa. 2019 Jan 29;4550(4):573-578. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.7.
Rostrulium indicum sp. n. is described and illustrated from Western Ghats, India. The new species is characterized by having a 2.1 mm long body; lip region offset by slight constriction; odontostyle 17.5 µm and odontophore 18 µm long, guiding ring single; pharynx with slender anterior part which expands gradually into the cylindrical basal bulb occupying about 30% of total neck length; female genital system didelphic-amphidelphic, transverse vulva, short rounded conoid tail and male with 40 µm long spicules, lateral guiding pieces and three spaced ventromedian supplements. This is the first report of this rare genus since its original description from Cameroon.
印度西高止山脉的罗氏新种线虫被描述并图示。新物种的特征为：体长2.1毫米；唇区由轻微缢缩与身体分开；口针长17.5微米，食道球长18微米，引导环单一；咽前部细长，逐渐扩展为圆柱形基部球，约占颈部总长度的30%；雌性生殖系统为双子宫双对型，横生阴门，尾短而圆呈圆锥形，雄性有长40微米的交合刺、侧导片和三个间隔的腹中线副器。这是该稀有属自最初在喀麦隆被描述以来的首次报道。
