Family Dorygasteridae

                                 Revised 01/13/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

Enoplea

                  Dorylaimia

                  Dorylaimida

Dorylaimoidea

            

Dorygasteridae Khera, 1970 (family inquirendae??)

The family Dorygasteridae was erected for a new genus, Dorygaster.  It is characterized by:

• A bulb-like structure with internal lining forming 3 valve-plates at the end of the anterior part of the esophagus, which is about one-third of the total esophageal length

• A short isthmus enlarging posteriorly to form a typically dorylaimoid posterior part.

The family is based on D. kashmirensis described from 2 females collected from soil at the banks of Dal Lake at Srinagar, Kashmir, India:

• Body length 1.60 to 1.68 mm.

• Head narrow, offset

• Long;stirrup-shaped amphids at the base of the lateral lips,

• Odontostyle exceedingly fine, 12 um long, with a simple extension,

• Pr-rectum 82 um long

• Vulva transverse at 49.4 to 50%,

• Didelphic-amphidelphispaired ovaries

• Tail conoid-rounded, 27 um long.

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References

Khera, S. 1970. Dorygaster kashmirensis n.g., n.sp. (Dorygasteridae n.fam.: Dorylaimoidea: Nematoda) from India. Zoologischer Anzeiger 184:434-437

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