Abstract
A description of Xipinema pirinense n. sp. is provided. This is a parthenogenetic nematode found associated with Fragaria sp. and Alchemilla sp. (Rosaceae) close to pine trees in the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria. The species is characterised by its medium body length (3.2–3.9 mm), rounded head region slightly demarcated by a shallow depression, long odontostyle (116–134.5 μm), tripartite uterus with a Z-differentiation consisting of 4–7 irregular moderately refractive bodies with a clear central part, and a digitate tail with a ventral peg. The new species is most similar to X. index Thorne & Allen, 1950 and X. diversicaudatum (Micoletzky, 1927) Thorne, 1939.
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The authors thank Dr I. Dedov for collecting samples from the Slavjanka Mountains. This research was supported by the grants B–1405/04 and INI 03/01.08.2005 (BioCORE) from the National Fund ‘Scientific Investigations’.
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Mincheva, Y., Lazarova, S. & Peneva, V. Xiphinema pirinense n. sp. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Longidoridae), a new species from Bulgaria with a digitate tail. Syst Parasitol 70, 215–222 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-008-9139-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-008-9139-5