title: Description of Basiria birjandiensis n. sp (Nematoda: Tylenchidae) from South Khorasan province with a checklist of the family Tylenchidae Örley 1880 from Iran.
abstract: In order to identify plant-parasitic nematodes (family Tylenchidae Örley 1880) associated with Ziziphus zizyphus in Iran, 360 soil and root samples were collected from South Khorasan province during 2012-2014. Herein, a new species of Basiria and several known members of the family Tylenchidae are reported. B. birjandiensis n. sp. is characterized by short body length (584-748 µm [660.6±72.3]), lip region with flat apex, stylet 11-12 µm (11.3±0.5), excretory pore position varying from isthmus level to the middle of the basal bulb (78-91 µm from the anterior end of the body), post-vulval uterine sac 8-14 µm (10.7±1.9) long, filiform tail (151-181 µm, c= 3.7-4.2, c´= 14.3-17.2) and body annuli 0.5-1 µm (0.6±0.1) wide. A checklist of Tylenchidae species from Iran is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.; Email: somaye.alvani@stu.um.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Somaye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alvani
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.; Email: mahdikhani-e@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Esmat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mahdikhani-Moghadam
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.; Email: hrouhai@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rouhani
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran.; Email: amohammadi@birjand.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: National Plant Protection Organization, Wageningen Nematode Collection, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, The Netherlands.; Email: g.karssen@nvwa.nl.
authors.forename: Gerrit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karssen
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D057189:Checklist; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000469:parasitology; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology; D014431:Tylenchoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012987:Soil