Detection and identification of Ektaphelenchoides diversislocis sp. n. isolated from Pinus woodlands of China and Japan

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Ektaphelenchoides diversislocis sp. n. was detected in the branches of Pinus trees from China and wood packaging material imported from Japan. It can be characterized by having three lateral lines, stylet long and tripartite, excretory pore at the level of nerve ring, comparatively longer post-vulval uterine sac, indistinct rectum, and anus. Female posterior body region conical, gradually narrowing, like a mucron or filiform. Male spicule with well-developed condylus, triangular rostrum, and cucullus absent. The species is morphologically and molecularly closest to E. compsi, but the near full-length 18S, 28S D2-D3 regions and ITS of rRNA genes and COXI gene sequences analysis confirmed the new species status.

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