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Issue: Vol. 1189 No. 1: 1 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1189.1.2
Page range: 39–53
Abstract views: 76
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Morphology and systematics of Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae), a rare associate of the palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum in Trinidad

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida-IFAS, 3205 College Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7719, USA
Present address: Forest Pathology Laboratory, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan 2Present address: Forest Pathology Laboratory, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan
Present address: Nematode Assay Section, Agronomic Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, 1040 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1040
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BARBARA J. CENTER

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida-IFAS, 3205 College Ave., Fort Lauderdale,
FL 33314-7719, USA.

Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, 35 Colovos Rd., Durham, NH, 03824, USA
Nematoda Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp. Curculionidae morphology Parasitaphelenchidae phylogeny Rhynchophorus palmarum scanning electron microscopy taxonomy

Abstract

Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp., a rare associate of the American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum in Trinidad, is described and illustrated. Adults of B. gerberae n. sp. were examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for ultrastructural comparisons with other members of the genus. Bursaphelenchus paracorneolus, B. hofmanni and B. hylobianum appear to be the closest related taxa to B. gerberae n. sp. based upon shared morphological features of male caudal papillae arrangement, general spicule morphology, female tail shape, and molecular analysis of the near-full length small subunit (SSU) rDNA, D2D3 expansion segments of the large subunit (LSU) rDNA and partial mitochondrial DNA COI. In addition to significant molecular sequence differences in SSU, LSU and mtCOI consistent with separate species status, B. gerberae n. sp. can be differentiated from B. paracorneolus by differences in bursa and condylus shape of males, and c’ in females, from B. hofmanni by differences in rostrum and condylus shape and spicule curvature in males, and c’ in females, and from B. hylobianum by differences in the number of lateral incisures, and rostrum shape, tapering and curvature of the spicule lamina, and cucullus shape in males. Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp. is also close to B. corneolus. Unfortunately, this isolate was not available for sequencing attempts, but differs from B. gerberae n. sp. in lack of stylet knobs in both sexes and relative postuterine sac length in females. Population growth of B. gerberae n. sp. was measured in a time-course experiment at 23° C in the laboratory on cultures of the fungus, Monilinia fructicola grown on lactic acid treated, 5% glycerol-supplemented potato dextrose agar (LGPDA). Nematode counts rapidly increased from 500 to about 600,000 per plate within 14 days and then dropped to and plateaued at about 300,000 for up to 28 days.

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