Redescription of Xiphinema nigeriense Luc, 1961 and observations on X-dihysterum Lamberti et al., 1995 and X-mampara Heyns, 1979 (Nematoda : Dorylaimida)
A. Coomans et al., Redescription of Xiphinema nigeriense Luc, 1961 and observations on X-dihysterum Lamberti et al., 1995 and X-mampara Heyns, 1979 (Nematoda : Dorylaimida), NEMATOLOGY, 1, 1999, pp. 85-94
X. nigeriense Luc, 1961 is redescribed on the basis of type material and sp
ecimens from Ivory Coast; the male of this species is described for the fir
st time. X. nigeriense apud Bos and Loof(1985) and apud Sakwe and Coomans (
1993) are both considered to be populations of X. dihysterum Lamberti et al
., 1995. A population of X. mampara Heyns, 1979 is described from Lesotho.
Some data are given on the juvenile stages of X. dihysterum and X. mampara.