While surveying artichoke fields in the areas of Argos, in Peloponnes, and of Palermo, in Sicily, for the presence of soil-borne virus diseases, an undescribed species belonging to the genus Longidorus (Micoletzky) Filipjev was found in the rhizosphere of plants affected by artichoke Italian latent virus (AILV). Transmission tests carried out in the glasshouse showed that the Greek population of the nematode is capable of transmitting AILV to indicator plants (Roca et al., in press). The nematode specimens used to describe the species were those used in the transmission tests. Nematodes were killed in hot 5 % formalin and mounted in glycerine by the slow method.
