Data on Some Species of the GenusCoslenchusSiddiqi, 1978 (Rhabditida, Tylenchidae) from Iran.
Data on five known species of the genusCoslenchusare provided. Morphological and morphometric data are given for all studied species. Three of the recovered species were also characterized by molecular phylogenetic data. The speciesC. leiocephaluswas studied for the first time since its original description. Males of the species,C. franklinaeandC. oligogyruswere described for the first time and the speciesC. oligogyruswas reported from Iran for the first time. In molecular phylogenetic studies based on partial sequences of 28S rDNA D2/D3 fragments, all species formed a clade with high Bayesian posterior probability in Bayesian inference, indicating the monophyly of the genus. The clade ofCoslenchusspp. formed a highly supported monophyletic group, a sister clade to two species of the genusAglenchus.
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Yousef
Y
Panahandeh
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Ebrahim
E
Pourjam
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Majid
M
Pedram
Ardabil grasslands; Atylenchinae; Bayesian; LSU rRNA gene; Sabalan region; phylogeny