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Issue: Vol. 4324 No. 2: 27 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.10
Page range: 378–384
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 4

Alloionema californicum Nermuť, Půža, Mráček & Lewis, 2016 is a junior synonym of Alloionema similis Holovachov, Boström, Tandingan De Ley, Mc Donnell, Alvarado, Paine & De Ley, 2016 (Nematoda: Alloionematidae)

Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 1160/31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 1160/31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Nematoda Alloionema appendiculatum ITS rDNA SSU rDNA phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

The genus Alloionema (Rhabditida: Alloionematidae) currently includes three nominal species—the type species, Alloionema appendiculatum, and two recently described species: A. similis and A. californicum. Comparison of morphological, molecular and ecological characters demonstrates that A. similis and A. californicum belong to the same species, providing support for their synonymization, as proposed in this publication.

 

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