title: Nematodes from galls on Myrtaceae. X. Fergusobia from galls on narrow-leaved Melaleuca spp. in Australia, with descriptions of three new species .
abstract: Three new species of Fergusobia, respectively collected from shoot bud galls on narrow-leaved Melaleuca spp. in Australia, are described. Fergusobia armillarisae n. sp. Davies is characterised by the combination of an arcuate to open C-shaped parthenogenetic female with an extensile uterus and a short, conoid tail, an arcuate infective female with a broadly rounded tail tip, and an arcuate male with an angular spicule and bursa arising at 50-80% of body length. Fergusobia decorae n. sp. Davies has an arcuate parthenogenetic female with a non-extensile uterus and a broadly conoid tail, an arcuate infective female with most curvature behind the vulva and a short tail with a broadly rounded tip, and an arcuate male with an arcuate spicule and bursa arising at 40-50% of body length. Fergusobia linariifoliae n. sp. Davies is characterised by the combination of an arcuate parthenogenetic female with an extensile uterus and a short, conoid tail with a bluntly rounded tip, a barely arcuate infective female with a broadly rounded tail tip, and an arcuate male with an angular spicule and bursa arising at 40-50% of body length. Earlier molecular analyses inferred from DNA sequencing of 28S rDNA D2/D3 domains and a portion of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) are further discussed.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia.; Email: kerrie.davies@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: Kerrie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 3205 College Ave, Davie, Florida 33314-7799, USA.; Email: giblin@ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Giblin-Davis
authors.affiliation: Present address: Nematode Assay Section, Agronomic Division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, 4300 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.; Email: weimin.ye@ncagr.gov.
authors.forename: Weimin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.; Email: gary.taylor@adelaide.edu.au.
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences/USDA ARS Australian Biological Control Laboratory, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001, Australia. Respective; Email: jeff.makinson@csiro.au.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makinson
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences/USDA ARS Australian Biological Control Laboratory, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001, Australia. Respective; Email: matthew.purcell@csiro.au.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Purcell
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D031650:Melaleuca / Q000469:parasitology*; D009929:Organ Size; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000469:parasitology; D010941:Plant Tumors / Q000469:parasitology*; D017187:Tylenchida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development