title: Morphological redescription and molecular characterization of three species of Travassosinematidae (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Thelastomatoidea) from Gryllotalpa africana Beauv (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae).
abstract: Binema mirzaia (Basir, 1942a) Basir, 1956, Cameronia nisari (Parveen and Jairajpuri, 1985) Adamson and Van Waerebeke, 1992a and Mirzaiella meerutensis Singh and Malti, 2003 are redescribed morphologically along with molecular identification from the intestine of mole cricket Gryllotalpa africana. Molecular characterization was carried out using the D2-D3 expansion domains of the 18S ribosomal DNA region. This study first time presents molecular data for the above three nematode species.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University Road, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (UP), 250004, India.
authors.forename: Neetu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: Hridaya Shanker
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: India; Meerut; Molecular characterization; Nematode; Travassosinematidae