3 SPECIES OF THE XIPHINEMA-AMERICANUM-GROUP (NEMATODA, LONGIDORIDAE) FROM KENYA

Authors
COOMANS A HEYNS J
Citation
A. Coomans et J. Heyns, 3 SPECIES OF THE XIPHINEMA-AMERICANUM-GROUP (NEMATODA, LONGIDORIDAE) FROM KENYA, Nematologica, 43(5), 1997, pp. 259-273
Citations number
8
Journal title
Nematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282596
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
259 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2596(1997)43:5<259:3SOTX(>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Soil samples taken in eastern Kenya contained Xiphinema brevicolle Lor dello Br Da Costa, 1961; X. oxycaudatum Lamberti & Bleve-Zachec, 1979; and X. simile Lamberti et al., 1983. These species are reported for t he first time from Kenya, X. oxcaudatum is reported for the first time outside the country from where it was originally described and X. sim ile is reported for the first time outside Europe. The Kenyan specimen s have been compared with topotypes (X. brevicolle) or original type m aterial (X. oxycaudatum and X. simile).