Morphological and molecular characteristics of Parasitodiplogaster religiosae n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastrina) associated with Ficus religiosa in China.

A new nematode species of the genus Parasitodiplogaster was recovered from syconia of Ficus religiosa at the Guangxiao Temple, Guangzhou, China. It is described herein as P. religiosae n. sp. and is characterised by possessing the longest and thinnest spicule of all currently described males in the...

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Main Authors: Yongsan Zeng, Wensheng Zeng, Yuan Zhang, Weimin Ye, Dongmei Cheng, Natsumi Kanzaki, Robin M Giblin-Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6040748?pdf=render