Tripyla
Creators: name: Zhao, Zeng Qi
name: Xu, Yu Mei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Adenophorea
Enoplida
Tripylidae
Tripyla

description: Key to species of Tripyla
1. Tail of females and males with lateral caudal alae................................................. T. alaecaudata
- Tail of females and males without lateral caudal alae.......................................................... 2
2. Outer labial sensillae <3 µm long........................................................................ 3
- Outer labial sensillae> 3 µm long....................................................................... 12
3. Body length <0.9 mm ..................................................................................4
- Body length> 0.9 mm .................................................................................. 5
4. c’ <2........................................................................................ T. pygmea
- c’> 2........................................................................................ T. minuta
5. c’ <6............................................................................................... 6
- c’> 6............................................................................................... 8
6. Body length <1.25 mm ......................................................................... T. terricola
- Body length> 1.25 mm ................................................................................. 7
7. Body length <2 mm ............................................................................ T. cornuta
- Body length> 2 mm mm.......................................................................... T. crassa
8. Outer labial sensillae <2 μm............................................................................. 9
- Outer labial sensillae> 2 μm............................................................................ 10
9. b = 5.4–5.9; V=50–51%.................................................................... daviesae sp. nov.
- b = 4.3–5.3; V=51–56%.......................................................................... T. affinis
10. Body length <1.3 mm .......................................................................... T. koreana
- Body length> 1.3 mm .................................................................................11
11. Outer labial sensillae setiform.................................................................. T. glomerans
- Outer labial sensillae papilliform.................................................................... T. infia
12. Outer labial sensillae> 6 μm............................................................................ 24
- Outer labial sensillae 3–6 μm........................................................................... 13
13. Body length <0.9 mm ......................................................................... T. pulchella
- Body length> 0.9 mm ................................................................................. 14
14. c’> 20........................................................................................ T. italica
- c’ <20.............................................................................................15
15. c’ = 11–16.......................................................................................... 16
- c’ <11.............................................................................................. 17
16. a <45..................................................................................... T. filicaudata
- a> 45, c’> 12............................................................................. T. subterranea
17. a <25.............................................................................................. 18
- a> 25..............................................................................................20
18. Body length <1.5 mm ................................................................................. 19
- Body length> 2 mm .............................................................................. T. dubia
19. V = 49–53%................................................................................. T. glosaria
- V = 56–60%............................................................................. T. tirau sp. nov.
20. Body length> 2.3 mm ........................................................................ T. elongatula
- Body length <2.3 mm .................................................................................21
21. Outer labial setae> 4 μm.............................................................................. 22
- Outer labial setae <4 μm..............................................................................23
22. c’ <6.9....................................................................................... T. vulvata
- c’> 6.9....................................................................................... T. tropica
23. c <6.1....................................................................................... .. T. tenuis
- c> 6.1...................................................................................... T. aquatica
24. Body length <2.5 mm ................................................................................. 25
- Body length> 2.5 mm ................................................................................29
25. c’ <8.............................................................................................. 26
- c’> 8.............................................................................................. 27
26. c <8......................................................................................... T. setifera
- c> 8....................................................................................... T. napaensis
27. Body length <1.5 mm ........................................................................... T. bioblitz
- Body length> 1.5 mm ................................................................................. 28
28. c <5..................................................................................... T. longicaudata
- c> 5.................................................................................... T. scandinavica
29. c’> 8........................................................................................ T. sibirica
- c’ <8.............................................................................................. 30
30. a> 30........................................................................................ T. magna
- a <30..................................................................................... T. dybowski
description: Published as part of Zhao, Zeng Qi & Xu, Yu Mei, 2013, New Zealand species of the genus Tripyla Bastian, 1865 (Nematoda: Triplonchida: Tripylidae). II: Two new, a known species and key to species, pp. 432-449 in Zootaxa 3637 (4) on page 447, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/223100