Hammerschmidtiella diesingi ( Hammerschmidt, 1838 ) Chitwood, 1932

Shah, Manjur, 2011, Nematode parasites of invertebrates from Manipur, North East India (Diagnosis, keys and illustration), Zootaxa 3107, pp. 1-37 : 21

Species: Hammerschmidtiella diesingi ( Hammerschmidt, 1838) Chitwood, 1932

( Figs. 14 & 15 )

Host: Periplaneta americana Linn.

Habitat: Gut

Locality: Imphal, Manipur, India

Material: Hammerschmidtiella diesingi females/slides no.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11,12,13; Hammerschmidtiella diesingi males/slides no.14,15,16,17,18,19,20 deposited in the nematode collection of the Museum of Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Photomicrographs of Hammerschmidtiella diesingi (Hammerschmidt, 1838) Chitwood, 1932: A—Female entire (lateral view) showing excretory pore, vulva and anal opening, B—Female cephalic end showing buccal cavity, C—Male entire (ventral view), D—Male anterior end showing buccal cavity, E—Male posterior end showing spicule (ventral view), F—Male posterior end showing spicule and papillae (ventral view), G—Eggs. (Shah, 2007).

FIGURE 15. Hammerschmidtiella diesingi (Hammerschmidt, 1838) Chitwood, 1932: A—Female anterior end, B—Female cephalic end, C—Female posterior end (lateral view), D—Female tail tip showing cap—like structure, E—Male anterior end, F—Male posterior end (ventral view), G—Male posterior end (lateral view), H—Eggs (Shah, 2007).