Morphometrics and SEM Illustrations of Three Species of Ogma Southern, 1914 (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from Spain

Authors

  • P. Castillo
  • N. Vovlas
  • A. Gomez-Barcina

Abstract

Ogma civellae (Steiner, 1949) Raski & Luc, 1987, O. cobbi (Micoletzky, 1922) Siddiqi, 1986, and O. palmatum (Siddiqi & Southey, 1962) Siddiqi, 1986 are reported in natural habitats in southeastern Spain. Each is briefly described using light microscopy, and the original descriptions are amplified and supplemented by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations. Measurements with standard deviations and SEM illustrations are included for each species and compared with previous data. Key words: morphometry, Ogma civellae, O. cobbi, O. palmatum, plant-parasitic nematode, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Spain, taxonomy.

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Published

1990-10-15

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