The genus Xiphinema in southern Africa. XI. Description of Xiphinema stockeri n. sp. from Botswana (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)

Abstract

Xiphinema stockeri n. sp. is described from Botswana The new species is characterized by an exceptionally long and conspicuous peg on the tail, and seems to be most closely related to X. mammatum Siddiqi, 1979, from which it can be distinguished by the a ratio, odontostyle and total stylet length, spicule length, the shape of the lip region and tail peg and the presence of a pseudo-z differentiation in X. stockeri.