P. Deley et al., A REVISION OF THE GENUS PSEUDACROBELES STEINER, 1938 (NEMATODA, CEPHALOBIDAE) .2. SUBGENUS BUNOBUS SUBGEN-N, PROBLEMATICAL SPECIES, DISCUSSION AND KEY, Fundamental and applied nematology, 16(4), 1993, pp. 289-308
Bunobus subgen. n. is proposed under the genus Pseudacrobeles for four
species which were found to lack cephalic and labial probolae, and wh
ich have subdorsal and subventral lips more developed than the lateral
s. Three of these species, P. pulcher, P. loofi and P. pseudolatus, we
re previously placed in Heterocephalobus and are now transferred. The
fourth is new: P. cruzi sp. n., very close to P. pulcher and P. loofi.
The male of P. pulcher is described for the first time. The consequen
ces on classification of the revised diagnosis of Pseudarcobeles (give
n in Part 1 of this revision) are discussed. Heterocephalobus bastlogo
odeyi, H. bisimilis, H. elongatus, H. eurystoma, H. eximius, H. latus,
H. loczyi, H. longiaudatus, H. multicinctus and H. nannus are conside
red species inquirendae and/or incertae sedis. Heterocephalobus magnif
icus is transferred to Heterocephalobellus. Panagrocephalinae becomes
a synonym of Cephalobinae with the rejection of Panagrocephalus. Acrol
obinae subfam. n. is proposed for the genera Acrolobus, Panagroteratus
and Teratolobus, being characterized by six deeply offset, flap-like
lips and a cephalobid stoma. S.E.M. pictures of three Bunobus species
are given, as well as a key for the redefined genus Pseudacrobeles, wh
ich is argued to represent the least derived group within Cephalobinae
.