THE GENUS XIPHINEMA COBB, 1913 (NEMATODA, LONGIDORIDAE) IN WESTERN MALAYSIA

A survey for Xiphinema species in Serdang, the Puchong area and the Ca meron Highlands (Malaysia) yielded eleven species, of which one new, d escribed hereunder as X. winotoi n.sp. It is close to X. radicicola, d ifferring mainly in the much longer and differently shaped tail. X. fr anci was found for the first time since its description from Madagasca r; it has only three juvenile stages. Data are further given for X. br evicolle, X. krugi, X. ensiculiferum, X. radicicola, X. cf. orthotenum , X. insigne, X. setariae, X, elongatum and X. d brasiliense. The earl ier literature reports on Xiphinema species from the region are review ed. X, monohysterum apud Ahmad and Baqri (1987) is considered to be X. radicicola; X. basilgoodeyi apud Ahmad and Baqri (1987) differs from the original description in tail shape and might rather belong to X. b asiri. (C) Orstom/Elsevier, Paris.