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Issue: Vol. 4963 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.1.13
Page range: 200–200
Abstract views: 92
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Correction of the synonymy of a species of Longior Travassos & Kloss, 1958 (Nematoda: Oxyuridomorpha: Hystrignathidae) from a Cuban passalid beetle (Coleoptera: Passalidae)

Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera Varona 11835 e/ Oriente y Lindero, La Habana 19, CP 11900, Calabazar, Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba
Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera Varona 11835 e/ Oriente y Lindero, La Habana 19, CP 11900, Calabazar, Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba
Nematoda Oxyuridomorpha Hystrignathidae Coleoptera Passalidae

Abstract

García & Coy (1994) described the hystrignathid nematode Longior alius García & Coy, 1994 parasitizing the passalid beetle Antillanax pertyi (Kaup, 1869) from Guantánamo province, Eastern Cuba. Morffe & García (2011) continued the studies on Cuban Longior and described L. longior Morffe & García, 2011. Morffe et al. (2018) redescribed L. longior with the aid of SEM and molecular techniques. In their research the authors studied Longior individuals from the same host species and a locality close to the type locality of L. alius and compared their morphology, measurements and DNA markers with other material of L. longior. As a result of this analysis Morffe et al. (2018) concluded that L. alius and L. longior are conspecific and proposed L. alius as a synonym of L. longior.

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