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Payal Dattaray ¹, Subhadeep Roy ², V. V. Gantait ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Parasitology Laboratory, University of Calcutta, B.C. Road, Kolkata-7000019, West Bengal, IN
2 Maharajpur H.S. School, P.O. Maharajpur, Paschim Medinipur-721232, West Bengal, IN
3 Nemathelminthes Section, Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, IN

Abstract

The genus Mesodorylaimus was erected by Andrassy (1959) belonging to the family Dorylaimidae De Man, 1876 under the order Dorylaimida. It is a wide spread genus and 146 species had been described from the world till date under the genus. From India, 42 species have been described. During a taxonomic survey to the district North 24-Paganas, West Bengal, India, during March 2005 to February 2007, two new nematode species belonging to the genus Mesodorylaimus have been collected and identified. These are described and illustrated here under.

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P. Dattaray ¹, S. Roy ², V. V. Gantait ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Parasitology Laboratory, University of Calcutta, B.C. Road, Kolkata-7000019, West Bengal, IN
2 Maharajpur H.S. School, P.O. Maharajpur, Paschim Medinipur-721232, West Bengal, IN
3 Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, IN

Abstract

The genus Labronema was erected by Thorne (1939). It belongs to the family Qudsianematidae under the order Dorylaimida. Andrassy (1991) compared and provided a key to species of the genus, described and reported before 1989-90 (29 species). Jairajpuri and Ahmad (1992) listed 36 species under this genus. Andrassy (2011) made short comments on the nominal species of Labronema, described after 1989-90 (20 species). He opined that out of the twenty species, described under this genus in the last two decades, eleven belong in all probability to the genus, but eight certainly do not. During a taxonomic survey in different districts of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India during March, 2005 to February, 2007 nematode specimens belonging to the genus Labronema were collected and identified. They are considered to represent two new species, which are described and illustrated herein.

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Debabrata Sen ¹, V. V. Gantait ¹, S. Banerjee ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, IN

Abstract

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern part of India with Shimla as the state capital. It is spread over 21,495 sq miles (55,670 km²), and is bordered by the states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east. Himachal Pradesh is located between 30°10´ to 33°12´ north latitude and 75°47´ to 79°04' east longitude.

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Debabrata Sen ¹, V. V. Gantait ¹, A. K. Sanyal ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 53, IN

Abstract

Dorylaimid nematodes, associated with different crop plants from West Bengal, India, were comprehensively reported and described by Sukul (1967a; 1972; 1973), Sukul et al, (1975), Baqri and Khera (1975,1979), Mukherjee and Dasgupta (1981), Baqri. and Jana (1980; 1982 & 1986), Jana and Baqri (1981a & b; 1982; 1984; 1985), Dey and Baqri (1986). Nematodes of jute (Chaturvedi and Khera, 1979) and Paddy (Baqri et al, 1983; Baqri and Ahmad, 2000) have been extensively observed and recorded.

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