Tylencholaimus proximus Thorne, 1939

Li, Yujuan, Baniyamuddin, M., Ahmad, Wasim & Wu, Jihua, 2008, Four new and four known species of Tylencholaimoidea (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) from China, Journal of Natural History 42 (29 - 30), pp. 1991-2010 : 2000

Tylencholaimus proximus Thorne, 1939

( Figure 1 G–K; Table 1)

Habitat and locality

Soil from meadow in Mila Mountains, Tibet, China.

Remarks

Tylencholaimus proximus was described by Thorne, 1939 ( Thorne 1939) from Wasatch and Uinta Mountains, Utah USA. This species is widely distributed in Europe and North America and has been recorded from Yugoslavia ( Andrássy 1959), Belgium ( Coomans 1962), Norway (Loof 1971), Spain ( Castillo et al. 1985; Ocaña et al. 1986; Hernández and Jordana 1990; Peña-Santiago and Coomans 1996), and Italy ( Vinciguerra 1986; Vinciguerra and Giannetto 1987). The present population from China conforms well to the description of the original population; slight differences are the comparatively shorter odontophore (vs 8–12 mm) and a more anterior guiding ring position (vs 5.5–6 mm)

Figures

Figure 1. (A–F) Tylencholaimus orientalis sp. nov.: (A) anterior region; (B) anterior end showing amphid; (C) expanded part of pharynx; (D) female genital branch; (E,F) female posterior ends. (G–K) Tylencholaimus proximus Thorne, 1939: (G) anterior region; (H) anterior end showing amphid; (I) expanded part of pharynx; (J) female genital branch; (K) female posterior region.