THE MORPHOLOGY OF JENSENONCHUS-SPHAGNI (BRZESKI, 1960) N. COMB. FROM SCOTLAND AND COMMENTS ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES

Authors
PENEVA V NEILSON R BOAG B BROWN DJF
Citation
V. Peneva et al., THE MORPHOLOGY OF JENSENONCHUS-SPHAGNI (BRZESKI, 1960) N. COMB. FROM SCOTLAND AND COMMENTS ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES, Nematologica, 44(3), 1998, pp. 255-268
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Nematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282596
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
255 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2596(1998)44:3<255:TMOJ(1>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A study of type material of Jensenonchus sphagni (Brzeski, 1960) n. co mb. and Jensenonchus vorax (Cobb, 1917) Andrassy, 1993 confirmed the v alidity of J. sphagni. Examination of specimens recorded as Mulveyellu s vorax (Cobb, 1917) Siddiqi, 1984 from Scotland, revealed that they w ere J. sphagni. Both species have been found only in moist natural or semi-natural habitats, often associated with mosses. The geographical distribution of J. vorax seems to be restricted to North America where as J. sphagni apparently occurs only in Europe, thus, these two nemato des are rare examples of vicariant nematode species.