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Type: Journal article
Title: Schistonchus (Aphelenchoididae) from Ficus benjamina in Australia, with description of S. benjamina sp. n.
Author: Bartholomaeus, F.
Davies, K.
Ye, W.
Giblin-Davis, R.
Citation: Nematology: international journal of fundamental and applied nematological research, 2012; 14(8):1005-1013
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Issue Date: 2012
ISSN: 1388-5545
1568-5411
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Faerlie Bartholomaeus, Kerrie A. Davies, Weimin Ye, Robin M. Giblin-Davis
Abstract: <jats:p><jats:italic>Ficus benjamina</jats:italic> (Moracaeae subfamily <jats:italic>Urostigma</jats:italic>, section <jats:italic>Conosycea</jats:italic>) grows naturally in tropical Asia and in Australia in the north of the Northern Territory and the Cairns region of Queensland. It is widely grown as an ornamental in more temperate regions of Australia. <jats:italic>Schistonchus benjamina</jats:italic> sp. n. is described from sycones of <jats:italic>F. benjamina</jats:italic> in Brisbane, and is differentiated from other species of <jats:italic>Schistonchus</jats:italic> by a combination of morphological characters including having the excretory pore opening near the head, a short post-vulval uterine sac, rose thorn-shaped spicule, lightly sclerotised stylet and spicule, and three pairs of subventral papillae on the tail (one adcloacal, one at mid-tail length and one near the tail tip); and apparent biogeographical range. Phylogenetic analyses based on D3 sequences from collections from both northern and southern Queensland suggest that <jats:italic>S. benjamina</jats:italic> sp. n. is a species complex, but specimens from the different locations cannot be separated on morphological or morphometric data. <jats:italic>Schistonchus benjamina</jats:italic> sp. n. is closest to <jats:italic>S. microcarpus</jats:italic> from <jats:italic>F. microcarpa</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Urostigma</jats:italic>, section <jats:italic>Urostigma</jats:italic>) in China.</jats:p>
Keywords: morphometrics
taxonomy
molecular
fig tree
phylogeny
morphology
new species
Rights: © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2012
DOI: 10.1163/156854112X639892
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854112x639892
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