Paralepidonema, Zhang & Yin & Zhang, 2022

Zhang, Ningning, Yin, Shi & Zhang, Luping, 2022, A new genus and two new species of nematodes (Nematoda: Thelastomatoidea) from Ceracupes fronticornis (Westwood) (Insecta: Passalidae) in China, Zoological Systematics 47 (2), pp. 109-116 : 113-114

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2022202
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0CBFCDD-9B13-4DAE-937E-0DB625B297BB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172132
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C3D2291-6B04-4DA6-9523-00907E12AE9F
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:2C3D2291-6B04-4DA6-9523-00907E12AE9F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Paralepidonema
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Paralepidonema gen. nov.

Description. Female. Cervical cuticle with alternate rows of scale-like projections, first row with 20 elements. Head smaller and disk-shaped, bearing eight oval papillae arranged in 4 pairs and a pair of amphids. First cephalic annule larger than head. Oral opening nearly triangular, surrounded by a cuticular flap. Oesophageal procorpus subcylindrical. Vulva near midbody. Didelphic-amphidelphic. Tail attenuate. Male unknown.

Type species. Paralepidonema baoshanensis sp. nov.

Distribution. China.

Etymology. The genus name refers to the close resemblance between this genus and Lepidonema Cobb, 1898 .