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First record of Helicotylenchus spitsbergensis Loof, 1971 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) in New Zealand with the first description of males

N. L. Bell

AgResearch Limited
Ruakura Research Centre
Private Bag 3123
Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract  Helicotylenchus spitsbergensis Loof, 1971 is recorded in Chionochloa rigida (snow tussock) grassland soil from Otago, New Zealand. Morphometrics and descriptions of male and female specimens are given. An updated key to the Helicotylenchus species from New Zealand is also presented.

Keywords  Helicotylenchus spitsbergensis; native grassland; Chionochloa

Z02031; Online publication date 4 March 2004; Received 27 September 2002; accepted 23 April 2003
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2004, Vol. 31: 61-65
0301-4223/04/3101-0061 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004

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