CERATOSOLENUS HYDERABADENSIS SP.N. (CYLINDROCORPORIDAE : RHABDITIDA, GOODEY 1939) ASSOCIATION WITH WASP, CERATOSOLEN SP. AND FIG, FICUS RACEMOSA
L. RAJESWAR ANAND *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD-500 007, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A cylindrocorporid nematode Ceratosolenus hyderabadensis sp. n. was found to be associated with a fig pollinating wasp Ceratosolen Sp. and the figs of Ficus racemosa. The new species differs with C racemosa, the type species of the genus Ceratosolenus, in the length of prostostom in both the sexes and the shape of the spicules and guberaculum in males.
Keywords: Cylindrocorporidae, Rhabditida, new species, host fig, Hyderabad