NEW AND KNOWN SPECIES OF XIPHINEMA (NEMATODA, LONGIDORIDAE) FROM KENYA

This first report on a collection of Xiphinema species from Kenya deal s with three species. Xiphinema mwanzianum n. sp. is closest to X. par italiae but differs in vulva position, body length, stylet length, sex ual dimorphism in tail shape and structure of Z-differentiation, It is also compared with X, elongatum, X, savanicola, X. rarum and X, pongo lense. Xiphinema simpliciforme n, sp. is compared with X. simplex and X. parasimplex, from both of which it can be differentiated by body si ze and tail shape. X. elongatum is also reported and briefly discussed .