1. <italic>Sychnotylenchus kulinichi</italic> sp. n. (Nematoda: Anguinoidea) from the Primorsky Krai of Russia with a tabular key to the genus <italic>Sychnotylenchus</italic> Rühm, 1956.
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Ryss, Alexander Yu., Chalkin, Andrey A., and Subbotin, Sergei A.
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MAXIMUM likelihood statistics , *BARK beetles , *MOLECULAR phylogeny , *PINUS koraiensis , *PHYLOGENY - Abstract
A new species of the genus
Sychnotylenchus Rühm, 1956,S. kulinchi sp. n., inhabiting the bark beetle galleries ofPityogenes chalcographus inPinus koraiensis was found in the Primorsky Krai of Russia. The new species differs morphologically from the closely related speciesS. yasinskii andS. mayor in having a shorter body length (626-1030vs 1250-1280 and 1935-1455μ m, respectively) and fromS. sparnugus in having a greater value of the ratio between spicule length and tail length (0.9-11vs less than 0.7). Phylogenetic analysis of the partial 18S rRNA, D2-D3 expansion segments of the 28S rRNA, the ITS rRNA andCOI gene sequences showed that the RussianS. kulinichi sp. n. population grouped with populations from Israel and an unspecified locality that were identified incorrectly asDitylenchus forepolitor , which are considered conspecific withS. kulinichi sp. n. in this study. Phylogenetic analyses aiming to clarify the controversial taxonomic status ofNeoditylenchus andSychnotylenchus species indicated that, although the genusSychnotylenchus was paraphyletic in some phylogenetic trees, testing of alternative topologies for the 18S rRNA, D2-D3 of 28S rRNA and ITS rRNA gene trees and datasets using the maximum likelihood method did not exclude the monophyly of this genus and did not justify the validity of the genusNeoditylenchus , which should be considered a junior synonym ofSychnotylenchus as proposed by Fortuner & Maggenti (1987). Molecular phylogeny showed close relationships ofSychnotylenchus with plant-parasitic nematodes from the generaFicotylus ,Orrina andPterotylenchus , and also with the insect-associated genusNeomisticius . A polytomous key listing 24 morphological diagnostic characters for the identification of 33 species ofSychnotylenchus is provided, along with a table listing associated bark beetle species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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