On the species status of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne mayaguensis Rammah & Hirschmann, 1988

By

Karssen, Gerrit
Liao, Jinling
Kan, Zhuo
Heese, Evelyn Y. J. van
den Nijs, Loes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

181

Pages

67-77

Subjects

junior synonym , M. enterolobii , M. mayaguensis , Meloidogyne , Nematoda , root-knot nematode , synonymisation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.181.2787

 

Abstract

Holo- and paratypes of the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne mayaguensis Rammah & Hirschmann, 1988 and M. enterolobii Yang & Eisenback, 1983 were morphometrically and morphologically compared. All observed female, male and second-stage juvenile morphometrical and morphological characters are identical for the two studied species. Additionally, contradictions between the original species descriptions were unravelled.The present study of holo- and paratypes confirms the taxonomical status of Meloidogyne mayaguensis as a junior synonym for M. enterolobii.