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Cryphodera kalesari, a new heteroderid nematode species from Haryana, India

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Cryphodera kalesari n. sp., recorded on Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm. from the Kalesar forests (Haryana), India, is described. Females: swollen, saccate, with two to three lip annules, with vulval lips protruding. Second stage juveniles: length 384±19 μm, spear=26.5±1 μm, tail 46.5±6 μm, hyaline portion 21.5±2.5 μm, en face dorsal and ventral arcs of head skeleton bifurcate. Males: not found.

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Bajaj, H.K., Walia, R.K., Dabur, K.R. et al. Cryphodera kalesari, a new heteroderid nematode species from Haryana, India. Syst Parasitol 14, 113–116 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016905

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