Redescription of Baqri & Jana, 1982 (Dorylaimida: Dorylaimidae) with its first molecular study.

A nematode population (SF7) belonging to the genus , 1969, was isolated from the soils of sugarcane fields in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. Based on morphological, morphometrical, and molecular studies, the nematode was identified as . This work represents the first molecular report of this species. has a 2.6 to 3.08 mm long body, with a truncate lip region, linear odontostyle, double guiding ring, female genital system amphidelphic, longitudinal vulva, and females with a very long, filiform tail. Males have 56 - 63 μm long spicules and 28 - 29 ventromedial supplements. Molecular analyses utilizing segments of the 28S rDNA placed in a clade with from Iran and other representatives of the genera , , , , , and . However, there is no available 18S rRNA sequence of any known species of , and our sequence is the first SSU rRNA of this genus. These molecular findings support the taxonomic positioning of within the broader phylogenetic framework of the family Dorylaimidae, highlighting its relationships with closely related genera.