Diploscapteroides Rahm 1928
Creators: name: Abolafia, Joaquín
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Rhabditida
Rhabditidae
Diploscapteroides

description: Updated list of species of the genus Diploscapteroides Rahm, 1928
= Rhabditis (Diploscapteroides Rahm, 1928) Sudhaus, 1976
= Cheilorhabditis Timm, 1959
= Colporhabditis Andrássy, 1976
= Quercorhabditis Shah, Hussain & Vaid, 2013 n. syn.
Diploscapteroides boettgeri (Meyl, 1953) Sudhaus, 2011
= Rhabditis boettgeri Meyl, 1953
= Rhabditis (Teratorhabditis) boettgeri Meyl, 1953 (Meyl, 1954)
= Teratorhabditis boettgeri (Meyl, 1953) Dougherty, 1955
= Cephaloboides boettgeri (Meyl, 1953) Andrássy, 1983
Diploscapteroides brevicauda Rahm, 1928 (type species)
= Rhabditis (Diploscapteroides) brevicauda (Rahm, 1928) Sudhaus, 1976
Diploscapteroides chitinolabiatus (Schneider, 1937) Sudhaus, 1976, opus Andrássy (1983)
= Rhabditis chitinolabiata Schneider, 1937
= Rhabditis (Teratorhabditis) chitinolabiata Schneider, 1937 (Osche, 1952)
= Rhabditis (Diploscapteroides) chitinolabiata Schneider, 1937 (Sudhaus, 1976)
= Teratorhabditis chitinolabiata (Schneider, 1937) Dougherty, 1955
Diploscapteroides coroniger (Altherr, 1938) Sudhaus, 1976
= Rhabditis coronigera Altherr, 1938
= Rhabditis (Teratorhabditis) coronigera Altherr, 1938 (Osche, 1952)
= Rhabditis (Diploscapteroides) coronigera Altherr, 1938 (Sudhaus, 1976)
= Teratorhabditis coronigera (Altherr, 1938) Dougherty, 1955
Diploscapteroides dacchensis (Timm, 1959) Sudhaus, 1976, opus Andrássy (1983)
= Cheilorhabditis dacchensis Timm, 1959
= Rhabditis (Diploscapteroides) dacchensis (Timm, 1959) Sudhaus, 1976
Diploscapteroides flexuosus Andrássy, 2001
Diploscapteroides persicus Ghaemi, Pourjam, Álvarez-Ortega, Pedram & Atighi, 2015
Diploscapteroides rajouriensis (Shah, Allie, Vaid & Handoo, 2018) n. comb.
= Quercorhabditis rajouriensis Shah, Allie, Vaid & Handoo, 2018
Key to species identification (Table 2)
1a – Females with larger body, more than 1.6 mm ........................................ Diploscapteroides brevicauda
1b – Females with smaller body, less than 1.3 mm ................................................................
2a – Female tail cupola-shaped......................................................... Diploscapteroides boettgeri
2b – Female tail conoid to filiform........................................................................... 3
3a – Female tail longer, filiform (c' about 8-10)................................................................. 4
3b – Female tail shorter, conoid (c' about 3.5-7.5)............................................................... 5
4a – Lip region wider than high....................................................... Diploscapteroides dacchensis
4b – Lip region almost as wide than high................................................. Diploscapteroides flexuosus
5a – Lip region separated by constriction, narrower than the adjacent part of body..................................... 6
5b – Lip region separated by depression, wider than the adjacent part of body......................................... 7
6a – Body smaller, less than 700 µm; male with filiform part of tail very thin..................... Diploscapteroides persicus
6b – Body larger, more than 700 µm; male with filiform part of tail robust ................... Diploscapteroides chitinolabiatus
7a – Female rectum shorter than anal body diam.; male with filiform part of tail very thin and shorter than the conoid part.................................................................................... Diploscapteroides coroniger
7b – Female rectum about twice anal body diam.; male with filiform part of tail robust and longer than the conoid part.................................................................................... Diploscapteroides rajouriensis
description: Published as part of Abolafia, Joaquín, 2023, A proposal to synonymize Loffienema with Haematozoon, Quercorhabditis with Diploscapteroides, and Stegorhabditis with Stomachorhabditis (Nematoda Rhabditida, Rhabditomorpha), including keys to species identification, pp. 231-238 in Zootaxa 5258 (2) on page 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7777125