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Classification:

      Synonyms of the type species (per Pena-Santiago et al., 2019):

     Dorylaimus diadematus Cobb in Thorne & Swanger, 1936

= Eudorylaimus diadematus (Cobb in Thorne & Swanger, 1936) Andrassy, 1959

= Allodorylaimus diadematus (Cobb in Thorne& Swanger, 1936) Andrassy, 1986

= Dorylaimus cinctus Cobb in Thorne & Swanger, 1936

= Eudorylaimus cinctus (Cobb in Thorne & Swanger, 1936) Andrassy, 1959

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General: Per Pena-Santiago and Varela-Benavides (2018) The monophyly of Aporcelinus is confirmed on the basis of a definite and recognizable morphological pattern and a highly supported clade obtained by molecular genetic analysis.  However, there is some doubt regarding the classification of Aporcelinus under Aporcelaimidae, as originally proposed, because molecular genetic analysis shows a tentative closer (but not highly supported) relationship with Allodorylaimus, a member of the family Qudsianematidae

• Body length 0.8-2.7 mm; slender.
• Cuticle dorylaimid with two layers, the outer layer thin with very fine striations
• Lip region offset from body contour by a constriction; lip rtegion quite variable among species of the genus, lips angular and elevated or rounded and low, separated or amalgamated.
• Amphid fovea usually stirrup-shaped; amphid aperture usually > 50% of lip width.
• Esophagus doerlaimid with basal; expansion 44-56% of total length.
• Esophago-intestinal junction a cardiawith a dorsal lobe; also a dorsal cell mass adjacent to the junction.
• Tail region consistent across species: conical, tapering gradually to a finely-rounded or acute tip; convex and then concave in lateral view

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Distribution:

The genus is widely distributed found in soils and freshwater sediments of world-wide except for Australia, New Zealand or Antarctica, with diversity apparently greater in tropical regions (Varela-Benavides and Pena-Santiago, 2018).  Considered well-represented in natural and culivated areas of Vietnam (Nguyen et al., 2017).

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009a. Aporcelinus, a new genus of aporcelaimoid nematodes (Dorylaimida), and its species. International Journal of Nematology 19, 121-136.

Andrassy, I. 2009b. Another species of the genus Aporcelinus Andr�ssy, 2009 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) Opusc. Zool. Budapest 40:99-102.

Bello, T.T., Rashidifard, M., Fourie, H., Pena-Santiago, R. 2022. Morphological and molecular characterization of Aporcelinus abeokutaensis sp. n. (Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae) from Nigeria. Journal of Helminthology 96, e10, 1-7. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X22000013

Cobb, N.A. 1893). Nematodes, mostly Australian and Fijian. Miscellaneous Publications 13, 1-59.

Nguyen, T.A.D.,  J. Abolafia, K. Dumack, M. Bonkowski and R. Pena-Santiago. 2017. Two known species of Aporcelinus Andr�ssy, 2009 (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae) from Vietnam, with the first molecular study of the genus. Nmeatology 19:858-868

Pena-Santiago, R. 2021. Dorylaimida Mundi (Nematoda); checklist of genera and species, with their records. UJA Editorial. 957p.

Pena-Santiago, R., and Joaquin Abolafia. 2016. On the identity of Aporcelinus granuliferus (Cobb, 1893) Andrassy, 2009 and its taxonomic consequences. Nematology 18:999-1014.

Pena-Santiago, R., Abolafia, J., .Nguyen, T.A.D., Alvarez-Ortega, S., Varela-Benavides, I. 2019. General morphology and updated taxonomy of the genus Aporcelinus Andr�ssy, 2009 (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae). Nematology 21:857-874.

Pena-Santiago, R. and Varela-Benavides, I. 2018. Phylogeny of the genus Aporcelinus Andrassy, 2009 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae) with description of two new species from Costa Rica. J Zool Syst Evol Res. 57::240-257.

Varela-Benavides, I.  and Pena-Santiago, R. 2018. A new species of the genus Aporcelinus Andrassy, 2009 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 445:489-494.

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