DESCRIPTION OF CAPRIONCHULUS-DIVERSIPAPILLATUS N-GEN, N-SP FROM CAPRIVI, NAMIBIA (NEMATODA, ONCHULINAE)

Caprionchulus diversipapillatus n.gen, n.sp. was found in a small fres h-water pond in eastern Caprivi. The new genus differs from all other genera within the subfamily Onchulinae Andrassy, 1963 in the almost ba rrel-shaped stoma containing a single dorsal tooth, an elongated cardi a comprising three vertical rows of four cells each and peculiar suppl ements consisting of two conspicuous adanal setae and a row of six to eight papilloid supplements, the last four of which are in pairs. The spicule shape is also different from other members of the Onchulinae.