A new needle nematode, Longidorus maginicus n. sp. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from southern Spain

Abstract

During nematode surveys in natural vegetation in Sierra Mágina, Jaén province, southern Spain, a Longidorus species closely resembling Longidorus carpetanensis was found, but application of integrative taxonomic approaches clearly demonstrated that it is a new species described herein as Longidorus maginicus n. sp. The new species is amphimictic, characterized by a moderately long body (4.2-5.2 mm); lip region anteriorly flattened, slightly separated from the rest of body by a depression, 9.0-11.0 m wide and 3.5-6.0 m high; amphidial fovea not lobed; relatively short odontostyle (61.0-70.5 m); guiding ring located 23.5-27.0 m from anterior end; vulva located at 42.0%-51.3% of body length; female tail 39.0-61.0 m long, conoid, dorsally convex with rounded terminus (c′ = 1.3-2.1), with two or three pairs of caudal pores; and males common (1:2 ratio males:females), with moderately long spicules (39.0-48.5 m) and 1 + 6-9 ventromedian supplements and three juvenile developmental stages. According to the polytomous key, codes for the new species are (codes in parentheses are exceptions): A2-B1-C2-D2-E1-F2(3)-G2-H5(4)-I2-J1-K6. The results of molecular analysis of D2-D3 28S, internal transcribed spacer region, partial 18S rDNA, and cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 (coxI) gene sequences further characterized the new species status, and separated it from L. carpetanensis and other related species.