title: New isolate of Mononchoides composticola Steel, Moens, Scholaert, Boshoff, Houthoofd & Bert, 2011 (Nematoda: Neodiplogasteridae) from Iran.
abstract: Mononchoides composticola was isolated during a survey on free living nematodes from vermicompost in Iran. This population of M. composticola is characterised by a dorsal claw-like tooth; 7-9 µm long and 3-5 µm wide, 14-15 finely visible longitudinal ridges on the cuticle, in which each ridge comprises two lines, long spicules (39-45 μm long), a short gubernaculum (15-17 µm or less than half of the spicule length), two pairs of precloacal papillae, five pairs of postcloacal papillae, papillae (v3) comprising three small papillae, and a long filiform tail (418-654 μm in females, 382-455 μm in males). Molecular analysis of M. composticola based on sequence of the 18S rDNA placed it close to M. composticola (GU943511; GU943512; from Belgium) and M. striatus (AY593924; from The Netherlands) in a well supported clade (1.00 posterior probability). Measurements, illustrations, LM and SEM pictures, and the phylogenetic position of M. composticola are given.
authors.affiliation: Nematology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.; Email: eshokoohi@uk.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shokoohi
authors.affiliation: Nematology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Elahe
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seddiqi
authors.affiliation: Nematology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Panahi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén. Campus "Las Lagunillas" s/n. 23071-Jaén, Spain; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abolafia
mesh_terms: D017157:Adenophorea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009929:Organ Size; D010802:Phylogeny