First record of the genus Zalophora Hunt, 1994 (Nematoda: Xustrostomatidae) for Cuba and description of a new species
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A new species belonging to genus Zalophora Hunt, 1994 (Nematoda: Xustrostomatidae) is described from a millipede (Diplopoda: Spirobolida) from La Gran Piedra, Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba. Males of the genus are described for the first time. This is the first record of the genus and the family for Cuba and the Antilles.
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Nematoda, Diplopoda, Zalophora, new species, West Indies, Cuba
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Hunt, D. J. 1994. Zalophora hepialum, a new genus and species of rhigonematid (Nematoda, Rhigonematidae) in diplopod from Papua New Guinea. Acta Parasitologica, 39(4):197-200.
Hunt, D. J. 2002. The African Rhigonematoidea (Nematoda:Rhigonematida).1. Trachyglossus quintus gen.n.,sp. N. (Xustrostomatidae fam.n.) with redescription of Rhigonema multipapillatum (Skrjabin,1916) and designation of a neotype. Nematology, 4(6):671-686.
Hunt, D.J. y D. Moore. 1999. Rhigonematida from New Britain diplopods.2. The genera Rhigonema Cobb,1898 and Zalophora Hunt,1994 (Rhigonematoidea: Rhigonematidae) with descriptions of three new species. Nematology, 1(13):225-242.
Hunt, D. J. 1994. Zalophora hepialum, a new genus and species of rhigonematid (Nematoda, Rhigonematidae) in diplopod from Papua New Guinea. Acta Parasitologica, 39(4):197-200.
Hunt, D. J. 2002. The African Rhigonematoidea (Nematoda:Rhigonematida).1. Trachyglossus quintus gen.n.,sp. N. (Xustrostomatidae fam.n.) with redescription of Rhigonema multipapillatum (Skrjabin,1916) and designation of a neotype. Nematology, 4(6):671-686.
Hunt, D.J. y D. Moore. 1999. Rhigonematida from New Britain diplopods.2. The genera Rhigonema Cobb,1898 and Zalophora Hunt,1994 (Rhigonematoidea: Rhigonematidae) with descriptions of three new species. Nematology, 1(13):225-242.
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García-Rodríguez, N., & Morffe-Rodríguez, J. (2010). First record of the genus Zalophora Hunt, 1994 (Nematoda: Xustrostomatidae) for Cuba and description of a new species. Novitates Caribaea, (3), 48–52. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i3.170
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