Phasmarhabditis villasmundi sp. n. infecting land gastropods in the Nature Reserve ‘Speleological Complex Villasmundo – S. Alfio’ in Syracuse Province, Sicily

What is it about?

A new nematode species pathogenic to land gastropods, Phasmarhabditis villasmundi sp. n., was found in several gastropod species in the Villasmundo-S. Alfio Natural Reserve in Syracuse Province, Sicily. Phasmarhabditis villasmundi sp. n. is the second member of the genus described from Italy. Both species from Italy (P. apuliae Nermuť et al., 2016 and the new species) are morphologically similar. However, phylogenetic analyses have shown that these species are related to different groups of species of the genus.

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