Description of Plectus cladinosus sp. n. from the Ukraine with notes on P. longicaudatus Bütschli, 1873 and P. decens Andrássy, 1985 (Nematoda, Araeolaimida: Plectidae)
O.V. Holovachov & A.S. Susulovsky
Abstract. A new species of free-living soil nematode from ground lichens in a pine forest in the Shutsk National Park (Volynska Prov.) is described. Plectus cladinosus sp. n. is close P. turricaudatus Truskova, 1976, but differs in the longer body, longer rectum and normal structure of tail terminus. Short redescriptions of P. longicaudatus Bütschli, 1873 and P. decens Andrássy, 1985, sp. dist. are given.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1999, 8(1): 11–15 ▪ Published in print 22 July 1999
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