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Enchodelus lucinensis Popovici 1978
No full textEnchodelus lucinen si s n. sp. Mea s urement s: Females (n = 7): L = 1.28-1.62 mm; a = 23-35; b = 4.5-5.9; c = 62-75; V = 17-18.543-3324-26.7; odontostyle = odontophore = 27.5-31 1'/ABW = 0.6-0.7. Holotype (female): L = 1.57 mm; a = 33; b = 5.9; c = 71.5; V = 244g 2i.5. Allotype (male): L = 1.54 mm; a = 35; b = 5.3; c = 65. Description Body curved into C shape when dead. Cuticle 2.5 jum (2.5 -3.2 lim) at odontostyle level and at mid-body, 5.7 f-tm (5-7. 5) on tail; cuticle with very fine transverse striae, especially on extremities. Lateral chords 1/4 to 1 /5 body width. Lip region 14 lAmwidth (12-14 offset by a slight depression; one third the width of the body at the base of the oesophagus. Amphids stirrup-shaped about half as wide as lip region (6¡. tm). Guiding ring "double". Odontostyle length 19.5 tkm (19-22.5 [cm), one and a half times the width of the lip region; odontostyle 1.2 ttm wide (1. 2- 1. 7Am), straight, the aperture occupying one eighth the length of the odontostyle. Odontophore one and half times the odontostyle length, 29.5,um (27-31 pan) long, not flanged. Oesophagus widens at 56 Jlo of neck length from head end, the posterior part half as wide as body. The distance DO-DN is 12.5 (8-18 tkm). Locations: DO = 33-39%, DN = 58-64%, SiN = 76-82%, S2N = 83-92%, S20 = 84-92%. Cardia bluntly conoid, 15 /?m long (1 0- 1 5ttm). Nerve ring at 112.5 (112. 5-117.5 Am) from head end. Female: Reproductive system paired, opposed, one third reflexed. Vulva transverse, vagina one-half of corresponding body width deep, with strong sclerotization. Spermatheca very well developed; a marked constriction between oviduct and spermatheca. Sperm present in the uteri. Tail 0.6 anal body diameter long, bluntly conoid to hemispherical; 30 (7-30) "saccate bodies" on tail. Rectum one, prerectum 3.5 (2.5-3.5) anal body diameters. Male: Spicules 56 long, stout; lateral guiding pieces long. Besides the adanal pair there are eight ventromedian supplements, the posterior one at the proximal end of spicules, at from the anus. Supplements well spaced, 15-19 the first two more widely spaced: respectively 30 Ium and 20 Jim one from the other. Tail 0.7 times the anal body diameter; with 7 "saccate bodies". Type specimens: Holotype female, allotype male, two paratype females deposited on the same slide in " Grigore Antipa " Museum Collection, Bucharest, Romania; other paratypes with the author. Type habitat and locality: Peat bog of Lucina natural reservation, Suceava District, North Moldavia, May 1972. Differential diagno.ri.r: Enchodelus lucinensis n. sp. comes closest to E. hopedoru. r (Thorne, 1929) Thorne, 1939, from which it differs by a more slender body, a shorter tail, a different number of supplements and vulva position; a shorter odontostyle with a longer aperture (1/ 10 in E. hopedorus); tail shorter than anal body diameter. The new species differs also from E. laevi.r Thorne, 1939 in having a more slender body and a shorter tail, a longer odontostyle (only one lip region in E. laevis), with a shorter aperture (1/4 odontostyle length in E. laevis). From E..rignyen. ri.r Loof, 1975 the new species is separated by a longer odontostyle, shorter aperture, tail, and the presence of vaginal sclerotization. By the form of the lip region (not angular) and fewer "saccate bodies" on tail, the new species can be distinguished from E. teres Thorne, 1939.Published as part of Popovici, Iuliana, 1978, New Nematode Species (Dorylaimoidea) From Romania, pp. 404-411 in Nematologica 24 (4) on pages 408-410, DOI: 10.1163/187529278X00533, http://zenodo.org/record/812265
Baeoneurella maceki Popovici, Masner and Polaszek
No full textBaeoneurella maceki Popovici, Masner and Polaszek Female Size: 0.75 – 0.90 mm. Colour (Figures 10a,c). Head and mesosoma dark brown to black; clava (A8 – A11) the same colour as rest of antenna (Figure 10d); legs brown; metasoma brown, slightly lighter than rest of body. Head. Transverse in dorsal view, almost rectangular in lateral view; clypeus as long as wide; distal margin of clypeus: convex (Figure 11b); setation of clypeus: 4 or more setae; antennal rim not developed, not prominent ventrally laterad of interantennal process (Figure 11b); sculpture of antennal scrobe: absent; sculpture of frons medially: absent; ratio OOL/OD: OOL = OD; OOL/POL/LOL: 1:20:10; sculpture in interocellar area: absent; postgenal pit: closer to oral foramen than to occipital foramen (Figure 11d); shape of postgenal pit: elongated hole (Figure 11d); sculpture of temple: imbricate-coriaceous; sculpture of occiput: absent; sculpture of posterior vertex: imbricate-coriaceous; preoccipital furrow: a narrow longitudinal cleft, with sides slightly diverging medially and converging at the ends (Figure 11c); odontoid process: distinct. Mesosoma (dorsal). Pronotum almost vertical, hardly visible in dorsal view (Figure 11e); dorsal pronotal area: distinct (width of dorsal pronotal area at least 0.8 times width of tegula); mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: not visible, obscured by sculpture; mesoscutal humeral sulcus: a simple line; anterior declivity of mesoscutum: almost vertical, distinct; mesoscutum (except the anterior declivity of mesoscutum): slightly convex; extent of sculpture on mesoscutum: entirely sculptured except for a small smooth and lustrous area along scutoscutellar sulcus; parascutal carina: narrow, slightly visible; scutoscutellar sulcus: short, present only on the lateral sides of transscutal articulation; axillar crescent: present; axillular carina: slightly pointed posteriorly; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: distinct, crenulate; mesoscutellum flattened; pilosity of mesoscutellum: few, sparse setae; shape of mesoscutellum: strongly transverse; ratio width mesoscutellum/length mesoscutellum: more than 5.5 times as wide as long; width of mesoscutellum/width of metascutellum: at most 1.4; width of metascutellum/length of metascutellum: at least 8 times as wide as long. Mesosoma (lateral). Pronotal cervical sulcus (Figure 11f): wide, superficial and not crenulate; sculpture of lateral pronotal area: coriaceous to imbricate-coriaceous in the upper half, smooth to lustrous in the lower half; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus: hardly visible; posterior pronotal sulcus: hardly visible, narrow; sculpture of speculum: some transverse striae; sculpture of upper mesepisternum below femoral depression: coriaceous; mesepimeral sulcus: incomplete; mesopleural carina: visible as an abrupt change in sculpture; metapleural carina: present; metapleural sulcus: present only posterior to metapleural pit; anteroventral extension of metapleuron: small, touching the mesocoxa. Wings (Figure 10f). Fore wings: Lanceolate; colour of fore wings: slightly infuscated; colour of hind wings (Figure 10f): hyaline throughout; fore wing length: at least 7 times as long as wide; length of marginal fringe of fore wing/fore wing width: at least 1.6 times as long as fore wing width; fore wing width/hind wing width: at most 2.4 times as wide as hind wing width; length of marginal fringes of hind wing/hind wing width: at least 2.8 times as long as hind wing width. Metasoma. About 2.5 times as long as wide; longitudinal striae on T1: present on the anterior ¾. T1: 2.6 times as long as wide; sculpture on T2: present only on the anterior half; type of T2 sculpture: longitudinal striae; T2: 6.2 times as long as T1 and 1.5 times as long as wide; T1 with 2 pairs of setae; T2 – T4 with 3 pairs of setae (1 paramedian and 2 lateral – placed at the limit between tergite and laterotergite) (Figure 12d). Male (Figure 10b) Size: 0.7 – 0.9 mm; relatively similar to the female, differing from it mainly by the structure of the antenna: with 12 antennomere, without clava (Figure 10e). Material examined HOLOTYPE: 1♀ Bohemia, Celákovice, Lipovka Res. 8 – 16 June 1993, leg. Macek J. (CNC) (with red label, stored in CNC). PARATYPES (with yellow labels): Czech Republic. 2♀, Bohemia, Celákovice, Lipovka Res. 2 – 6 June 1993, leg. Macek J. (MT; CNC); 8♀ and 1♂, Bohemia, Celákovice, Lipovka Res. 8 – 16 June 1993, leg. Macek J. (PT; CNC); 10♀, Bohemia, Celákovice, Lipovka Res. 16 – 24 June 1993, leg. Macek J. (MT; CNC); 7♀, Bohemia, Celákovice, Lipovka Res., 1 – 13 July 1993, leg. Macek J. (MT; CNC); 1♀, Bohemia, Celákovice, Lipovka Res. 12 August – 7 September 1993, leg. Macek J. (MT; CNC). France. 1♀, Lorraine, Meuse, Woinville 55,300, edge of deciduous forest, 14 May – 3 June 2010, leg. Tripotin P. (MT, OPPC); 1♀, Gers, 9 June 2010, leg. Elias de Bree (NHML); 1♂, Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon, 12 June 2015, leg. Elias de Bree (NHML). Hungary. 1♀, Fertő- Hanság, Nemzeti Park, 47.7002°N, 17.2005°E, 120 m alt., 24 June 2010, leg. Noyes J. (screen sweeping; OPPC). Romania. 4♀ and 5♂, Iaşi, ‘ Valea lui David ’ Natural Reservation, 47.18794°N, 27.46699°E, 22 June 2016, swamp, leg. Popovici O. (screen sweeping, OPPC); 3♀ and 1♂, Tulcea, Enisala, 44.88513°N, 28.84112°E, 3 m alt., 4 July 2016, swamp, leg. Popovici O. (screen sweeping, OPPC); 1♀ and 3♂, Iaşi, Mirceşti, 47.08664°N, 26.88123°E, 191 m alt., 25 July 2013, swamp near Siret River, leg. Popovici O. (screen sweeping, OPPC); 1♂, Constanţa, Agigea, 44.08656°N, 28.64157°E, 8 – 9 June 2008, 9 m alt. leg. Popovici O. (YPT, OPPC); 1♀, Constanţa, Canaraua Fetei, 44.080229°N, 27.642727°E, 9 June 2008, 24 m alt., leg. Popovici O. and Moglan I. (aspirator, OPPC). Ukraine. 1♀, Mochary, 5km NE of Bogorodchany, 48.8475°N, 24.5908°E, 16 June – 4 July 2014, mixed forest, leg. Varga O. (MT; OPPC). Differential diagnosis Size and habitus very close to B. phaeax, differing from it by the colour of the metasoma and pattern of mesoscutal sculpture. The sculpture of the mesoscutum and the colour of the body suggest the Australian species Baeoneurella cf. nigra, but the shape of the fore wings (lanceolate vs rounded apically), the development of the postmarginal vein, the structure of the antenna and the sculpture of T2 clearly separate these two species. The colour of the body in B. maceki suggests B. mirabilis, but the pattern of mesoscutal sculpture clearly separates these two species. Distribution Palaearctic species (Figure 17d). Biology Unknown, but seems to be close to B. phaeax, both of them being present in the same samples and being relatively close in size and habitus. The maximum flight period is June – July, but specimens can be found in samples even to the end of August. Specimens from France (Gers, and Lot-et-Garonne) were aspirated in fields infested with Ischnodemus sabuleti (Fallen) (Blissidae) (Elias de Bree pers. comm.). Etymology Named in honour of Czech hymenopterist Dr Jan Macek.Published as part of Popovici, Ovidiu Alin, Masner, Lubomir & Polaszek, Andrew, 2019, A revision of the European species of Baeoneurella Dodd (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), pp. 2745-2794 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 52 (43 - 44) on pages 2775-2777, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1546913, http://zenodo.org/record/517797
Aurel C. Popovici: At the crossroads of two worlds
No full textTitle: La răscrucea a două lumi (At the crossroads of two worlds) Originally published: In the journal Sămănătorul (1908), subsequently republished in Aurel C. Popovici’s Naţionalism sau democraţie. O critică a civilizaţiunii moderne (Bucharest: Minerva, 1910) Language : Romanian The excerpts used are from Aurel C. Popovici, Naţionalism sau democraţie. O critică a civilizaţiunii moderne (Bucharest: Albatros, 1997), pp. 165–168, 170. About the author Aurel Constantin Popovici [1863, Lugoj (Hun..
Enchodelus saxifragae Popovici 1995, sp. n.
No full textEnchodelus saxifragae sp. n. (Fig. 4 A-E; measurements in Table III). Female (n = 5): Body slightly curved ventrad upon fixation. Cuticle 2.5-5 Jlm thick at midbody, 7-9.5 pm on dorsal side at tail base, 7-12 J. 1m on tail tip. Lateral chord one-fifth to one-sixth of body diameter. Lips rounded, hemispheroidal, distinctly set off from body (Fig. 4 A-B). Amphids stirrup-shaped, their aperture 7.5-10 J. 1m. Guiding ring "double", 1.2 head-widths from anterior end. Odontostyle long, 1.8-2 widths of lip region, its aperture occupying 1 / 10 of its length (Fig. 4B). Odontophore 1.1-1.3 the odontostyle length with well developed basal flanges, maximum flange width 5-8 pm at its base. Nerve ring surrounds the anterior part of oesophagus at 40-44% of its length from anterior end. Cardia short, hemispheroidal, 12.5-19 gm long. The oesophagus (Fig. 4 A) begins to widen at 38-41 % of its length from anterior end. Maximum oesophagus width 31-35 gum, half the corresponding body diameter at the base of oesophagus. The distance DO-DN is 12.5-15 gm, or 3.5% of the oesophagus length. Locations of the oesophageal gland nuclei as follows (n = 5): DO = 62.4 (60.7-65.2); DN = 67.6 (64.4-68.9); S1N1 = 74.6 (73.1-77.1); SIN2 = 76 (74.8-77.8); S2N = 86.7 (86-87.4); K = 85.5 (83.6-92.1). Reproductive system didelphic: gonads opposed, reflexed 44-65%, oocytes in a single row (Fig. 4C). A sphincter separates oviduct and uterus. Eggs measuring 110 x 48 pm and 112.5 x 42 J.1mare present one at a time in the uteri in two specimens. Vulva a transverse, pre-equatorial slit, vagina with sclerotized walls extends to 40-55% of the corresponding body width, with well sclerotized heart-shaped pieces at vulva-vagina junction. Rectum 0.6-1.1 and prerectum 4-5 anal body widths long (Fig. 4D). Tail smoothly rounded, 0.6-0.8 anal body width long, with two pairs of caudal pores. Male (n = 9): Body similar to female but with the posterior part more curved ventrad. Diorchic with testes oppposed. Spicules arcuate, fairly stout (Fig. 4 E). Lateral guiding pieces almost straight, 9-12.5 gm long. Supplements consisting of an adanal pair and a row of 13-16 regularly spaced ventromedian ones, one to three of them within the range of spicules. Juvenile (second stage?) (n = 4): L = 1.08-1.40 mm; a = 19.8-33.3; b = 3.5-4.8; c = 43.2-57.7; c' = 0.67-1; odontostyle = 20-32.5 gum; odontophore = 32.5-40 gum; replacement odontostyle = 25-44 pm. TABLE III Juvenile (third stage) (n = 1): L = 1.76 mm; a = 32; b = 5.5; c = 56; c' = 0.86; odontostyle = 30 gm; odontophore = 45 replacement odontostyle = 37.5 pm. Type habitat and locality: Type population collected in June, 1987 from a subalpine grassland on limestone, under Saxifraga moschata Wulf., at 1950-2000 m altitude, in the Retezatul Mic Mountains (Piatra Iorgovanului and Albele) (the Southern Carpathians), Romania. Type specimens: Holotype and two paratypes (female, male) on slides no. 49997 and 49998 deposited in the Collection of the Natural Historical Museum " Gr. Antipa " Bucharest, Romania. One female and one male in the Nematology Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands; two males at Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, England; other specimens deposited in the Department of Ecology, Biological Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Diagnosis: The species Enchodelus saxifragae sp. n. is distinguished by its long body, about 2 mm, lip region distinctly set off, lips rounded, odontostyle fairly long, 1.6-2 head-widths long, vulva pre-equatorial, tail short, smoothly rounded. Males have long spicules (56-70 pm) and 13-16 ventromedian supplements. Differential diagnosis: Enchodelus saxifragae sp. n. is close to E. distinctus Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1980, E. hopedoroides Altherr, 1963 and E. ponorensis sp. n. by having lip region distinctly set off from body. It differs from E. distinctus by its longer body (L = 1.85 mm, only one female, in E. distinctus), longer odontostyle (37.5-40 pm vs 36 gm), lack of oesophago-intestinal disc (present in E. distinctus), vulva pre-equatorial vs post-equatorial, and by the presence of male (not found in E. distinctus). The new species differs from E. hopedoroides by its longer body (1.42-1.85 mm in E. hopedoroides), hemispheroidal lips (angular in E. hopedoroides), longer odontostyle (37.5-40 vs 33 J. 1 m) and odontophore (45-52.5 vs 43 pm) and by the presence of male (not found in E. hopedoroides). E. saxifragae sp. n. can be distinghuised from E. ponorensis sp. n. by its longer body (L = 2.03-2.35 mm vs L = 1.65-2.07 mm), odontostyle and odontophore (37.5-40 vs 23-25 Ujn, respectively 45-52.5 vs 32.5-37.5 J. 1 m), wider and more set off lip region, a more posterior position of fixed guiding ring (see Tables II and III) as well as shorter and smoothly rounded tail (25-32.5 vs 35-45 J. 1 m), and in the presence of male (absent in E. ponorensis sp. n.). Remarks: Enchodelus saxifragae sp. n. was found together with E. macrodorus (de Man, 1880) Thorne, 1939, but it could be easily distinguished from this cosmopolitan species by its longer body, distinctly set off lip region and males with more numerous ventromedian supplements.Published as part of Popovici, Iuliana, 1995, New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania, pp. 435-448 in Nematologica 41 on pages 442-445, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396, http://zenodo.org/record/812558
Enchodelus ponorensis Popovici 1995, sp. n.
No full textEnchodelus ponorensis sp. n. (Fig. 3 A-D; measurements in Table II). Female (n = 31): Body curved ventrad into open C-shape upon fixation. Cuticle 2.5-4.5 J.1mthick at midbody, 5-9 pm on dorsal side of tail and 7.5-12.5 pm on tail tip. The inner layer with very fine transverse striae. Lateral chord one-fourth of body diameter. Lips rounded, distinctly set off by a constriction (Fig. 3A, B). Amphids stirrup-shaped, half the lip region width. Odontostyle long and narrow, 1.6 width oflip region, its aperture occupying one-sixth of its length. Odontophore 1.6 length odontostyle, with small swellings at its base, maximum flange width 4-5 J. 1m. Guiding ring "double", its fixed ring one head width from the anterior body end (Fig. 3B). The nerve ring surrounds the oesophagus at 35-46% of its length from anterior end. The oesophagus begins to widen at 53-63% of its length from anterior end. Cardia conoid-rounded, 12- 19 J.1mlong. Locations of oesophageal gland nuclei as follows (n = 18): DO = 60.3 (55.7-63); DN = 63.7 (59.5-66.7); DO-DN = 15 (11 -18 gm); SIN= 75 (72-76.8); S2N = 85.8 (82.8-89.7); S20 = 87.2 (84.5-91.3). Reproductive system didelphic; gonads opposed, reflexed, oocytes in a single row. A weakly developed sphincter separates oviduct and uterus (Fig. 3D). No sperm, no eggs in the uteri. Vulva a transverse, pre-equatorial slit. Vagina with sclerotized walls, extends to half of the corresponding body width. Slightly sclerotized heart-shaped pieces at vulva-vagina junction. TABLE II . Tail bluntly conoid, 0.9-1.3 anal body widths long (Fig. 3C), with a pair of pores on each side. Rectum 1-1.3 and prerectum 3.2-7.5 anal body widths long. Juvenile (third stage) (n = 2): L = 1.39-1.47 mm; a = 29.2-33.7; b = 4-4.2; c = 33.1-39.3; c' = 1.2-1.3; odontostyle = 17.5-19 pm; odontophore = 26-30 total stylet = 45-47.5 J. 1m; replacement odontostyle = 24.5 gum. Female (into fourth-stage cuticle) (n = 1): L = 1.59 mm; a = 29; b = 4; c = 41.2; c' = 1.03; V = 48.3%; odontostyle = 23.7 gm; odontophore = 33.7 gm; total spear = 57.5 replaced odontostyle = 20 pm. Male not found. Differential diagnosis: Enchodelus ponorensis sp. n. is close to E. parateres Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974 by the lip region set off, odontostyle over one head-width long, odontophore with weak basal flanges, and tail bluntly conoid, without saccate bodies. It differs from E. parateres by its longer body (1.69-2.07 mm vs 1.13-1.34 mm), longer odontostyle and odontophore (22.5-25 pm vs 20-23 Am, respectively 32-5-37.5 gum vs 22-28 pm), by lack of oesophageal-intestinal disc, by position of vulva, mostly pre-equatorial (44-51% vs 51 -53%), longer prerectum (3.2-7.5 vs 3.6-3.9), by shape of tail and lack of males. Type habitat and locality: All type specimens collected in September, 1975; August, 1988; and July, 1991 from an alluvial typic vermic soil of a montane grassland, at 1000 m altitude, in the Poiana Ponor, Padis karstic region of the Bihor Mountains (Western Carpathians), Romania. Type specimens: Holotype and three paratypes on slides no. 49995 and 49996 deposited in the Collection of the Natural Historical Museum " Gr. Antipa ", Bucharest, Romania. Three paratypes deposited in the Nematology Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands; one female in CNCN Ottawa, Canada; other paratypes deposited in the Department of Ecology, Biological Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The species name comes from the type locality name, the Ponor glade.Published as part of Popovici, Iuliana, 1995, New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania, pp. 435-448 in Nematologica 41 on pages 439-442, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396, http://zenodo.org/record/812558
The modernity of the research of Romanian astronomer Constantin Popovici
No full textWe present the model of the photogravitational field proposed by the romanian mathematician Constantin Popovici, basic equations. We give the variation of orbital energy in the photogravitational two bodies problem and energy integral. In this case the orbital energy is not conserved.The author is grateful to Dr. T. Oproiu for valuable comments which helped in improving the text
High resolution images for 'Identification of "BRAF-positive" cases based on whole-slide image analysis'
No full text<p>This archive contains high resolution images to accompany the article 'Identification of “BRAF-positive” cases based on whole-slide image analysis' by V. Popovici, A. Krenek and E. Budinska.</p>
The modernity of the research of Romanian astronomer Constantin Popovici
No full textWe present the model of the photogravitational field proposed by the romanian mathematician Constantin Popovici, basic equations. We give the variation of orbital energy in the photogravitational two bodies problem and energy integral. In this case the orbital energy is not conserved.The author is grateful to Dr. T. Oproiu for valuable comments which helped in improving the text
Aporcelaiimus romanicus Popovici 1978, n. sp.
No full textAporcelaimus romanicus n. sp. (Fig. 1, A-E) Measurements: Female = L = 2.93-3.56 mm; a b = c = 56.5-69.5; (n 5): = 38-41; 4.0-4.6; TT = 15-2049.5-53.515.7-2y Male (n = 8): L = 2.75-3.54 mm; a = 36-47; b = 3.9-4.9; c = 54-71; spicules = 75-92 Ixm; lateral guiding pieces = 19-27,¡.tm. Holotype (female): L = 3.50 mm; a = 40; b = 4.3; c = 67.5; V = 1s.351.521. Allotype (male): L = 3.42 mm; a = 43; b = 4.5; c = 68.5. Description Body cylindroid, tapering anteriorly to a narrow lip region, one fifth thebody width at the base of oesophagus, slightly curved in the posteriorthirdofitslength. Cuticle thick, in two distinct layers, the outer one thinner (1 -2 gm); cuticle3.5 5 gm (2.5- 4 ¡.tm) at the odontostyle level, 7.5 Am (5.5-7.5 jAm) at mid-body and 10.5 Am (9.5-10.5 gm) on tail (measured at middle on dorsal side). The cuticle on the tail is marked by fine criss-cross lines. Lip region off-set bya deepconstriction, 16 gm wide, one third as high as wide. Odontostyle 18/ im long(17- 20¡. tm), measured on dorsal side, one and one fifth lip region width long; odontostyle ventral side 16 gm (16-1 7 gm), aperture 13.5 jAm (12.5 -16 Am). Odontophore 35,um (27.7-38 pm) long. Guiding ring plicated. Amphids stirrup-shaped, aperture 7 gm, slightly shorter than half a lip region width. Oesophagus starts widening at 40% (39-47 Jlo) of its length from the head end. Cardia conoid, about half as long as body width at the base of oesophagus. Flattened disc present between base of oesophagus and the cardia. Nerve ring at 219 gm (181 -233 [cm) from the anterior end. Female: Reproductive system paired, distal one fourth reflexed. Vulva transverse, vagina with cuticularized pieces; extending into the body about one third of its width. Eggs 116-134 X 45-50 gm (122-134 X 47-55 Am), one and a half times the body width long. One to three eggs at a time in each uterus. Sperms present in the uteri. Rectum 1.1 (1- 1.2), prerectum 3.5 (3-4.3) times anal body diameter. Tail one (i-1.2) anal body diameter long, dorsally convex conoid, with a slightly subdigitate tip. Two pairs of caudal papillae. Fig. 1, A-E. Aporcelaimusromanicus n. sp. A- Head end; B- Cardia region; C- Posterior sexual branch; D- Female tail; E - Posterior region of male. Male: Spicules 88 (75- 92 lateral guiding pieces characteristic, 25 [tm long (19-27 gm). Besides an adanal pair there are eleven (10-12) well spaced ventromedian supplements, the posterior two being within the length of the spicule; the distance between the posterior one and the clocal opening is 43 ttm (42-49 distance between supplements is two to three times their width (1 5-24 gm). Tail as in female, one anal body diameter (1- 1.2) long. Type specimens: Holotype female, allotype male, and one paratype female deposited on the same slide in "Grigore Antipa" Museum Collection, Bucharest, Romania; paratypes deposited at the following addresses: Plantenziektenkundige Dienst, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Instituut voor Dierkunde, Gent, Belgium; Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, England; Dr. I. Andr6ssy, Budapest, Hungary. Type habitat and locality. Collected from a brown soil, basically mull-moder in a beech-spruce fir forest in Vladeasa Mountain Mass (Western Carpathians) in May-October 1974, June 1975. Additional specimens were found in the Cerna Valley, in a typical beech forest lithosol, June 1976. Differential diagnosis: Aporcelainzu.r romanicus n. sp. comes closest to A. sublabiatus (Thorne & Swanger, 1936) Brzeski, 1962, from which it differs in having a more slender body, a shorter tail and rectum, longer spicules and a different number and arrangement of ventromedian supplements. The new species differs also from A. subdigiticaudatus Altherr, 1965 and A. ronnebergeri Altherr, 1968, in having a shorter body, longer tail, shorter odontostyle, eggs, spicules and lateral guiding pieces, and by the different number and arrangement of ventromedian supplements.Published as part of Popovici, Iuliana, 1978, New Nematode Species (Dorylaimoidea) From Romania, pp. 404-411 in Nematologica 24 (4) on pages 404-406, DOI: 10.1163/187529278X00533, http://zenodo.org/record/812265
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