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METACROBELES TOGOENSIS N. GEN., N. SP., A REMARKABLE ACROBELIN NEMATODE FROM A DISEASED COCONUT TREE BY P. A. A. LOOF Landbouwhogeschool, Wageningen, Netherlands Metacrobeles togoensis n. gen., n. sp., is described from roots of a diseased coconut tree at Kaincope, Togo, Africa. Erection of a new genus was necessary, as the species could not be fitted into any existing genus of the Acrobelinae without making the latter heterogeneous. The genus Metacrobeles is characterized by the extreme posterior location of the vulva and the shape of the ovary, which is different from the usual acrobelin type in having a single flexure; by the massive, simple labial and the pointed cephalic probolae; the short isthmus surrounded by the nerve ring; the short, ventrad curved tail. The female genital characters show a parallelism with those of the genus Cuticonema Sanwal, 1959. When investigating the "Kaincope disease" of coconuts (Luc, 1957) Mr. H. Hoestra sent us in March, 1958 part of the root system of a diseased, 6 year old coconut tree, growing in light sandy soil. The material consisted of tissues at the border of healthy and diseased parts of the roots. No phytoparasitic nematodes were found, but there were eight
Nematologica – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1962
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