Diphtherophora caudata Ivanova, 1958

Ghaderi, Reza, Hesar, Abas Mokaram, Karegar, Akbar & Pereira, Tiago José, 2020, Molecular phylogeny of Diphtherophora de Man, 1880 (Nematoda: Diphtherophoridae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4851 (2), pp. 371-385 : 377

Diphtherophora caudata Ivanova, 1958

( Fig. 3 A, E, I, L , Table 1 )

The population sampled in the present study comes close to other populations representing the species ( Ivanova 1958, Ghaderi et al. 2017), except in its slightly smaller body when compared to those two studies (558–633 vs. 650 and 650–720 µm) and shorter spear than the type population (15–17 vs. 20–21 µm). The present population was recovered from the rhizosphere of cherry ( Cerasus avium (L.) Moench) trees in Maragheh, East Azarbaijan, Northwestern Iran.

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FIGURE 3. Diagnostic characters of Diphtherophora caudata females (A, E) and males (I, L); Diphtherophora geraerti females (B, F) and males (J, M); Diphtherophora perplexans females (C, G); and Diphtherophora tenera females (D, H) and males (K, N), all recovered from Iran. A-D, I-K, anterior end. E-H, L-N, posterior end. (Scale-bars: A-N = 10 µm).