5-NEW SPECIES OF THE FAMILY CERAMONEMATIDAE (NEMATODA, ORDER CHROMADORIDA) FROM SOUTH-AFRICA

Three new Ceramonema species, one new Dasynemoides species and one new Pterygonema species are described from South Africa. Ceramonema algoe nsis sp. nov. is characterised by more than 300 annules and the elonga ted cephalic capsule with an elevated lip region; C. africana sp. nov. by an elongated cloacal annule and a long cephalic capsule; and C. kr omensis sp. nov. by the absence of vascuolisation and a relatively sho rt cephalic capsule. Dasynemoides tenuis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other known species of the genus by its slender body (a=118) and the large number of body annules (690). Pterygonema papenkuili sp . nov. is characterised by the shape of the spicules, which have a spi ne-like structure, and a large and rectangular gubernaculum.