MEHRAB ESMAEILI, RAMIN HEYDARI, EBRAHIM POURJAM & MOHAMMAD REZA ATIGHI (2014) Description of Ektaphelenchoides fuchsi n. sp. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) from western Iran. Zootaxa, 3846(3): 430-438.

Female Male Characters Holotype Paratypes Paratypes n – 15 3 L 634 617.5 ± 54.5 (529–712) 453 ± 71.6 (395–533) a 33.4 33.1 ± 1.8 (30.3–36.6) 28.8 ± 2.3 (26.9–31.4) b 11.1 9.8 ± 1.1 (8.4–12.6) 8.3 ± 0.6 (7.6–8.8) b’ 5.1 4 ± 0.6 (2.8–5.1) 3.4± 0.4 (3.0–3.8) c 6.3 – 8.4 ± 1.1 (7.6–9.6) c’ 14.3 – 5.2 ± 1.3 (4.3–6.7) V or T 66.9 70.6 ± 5.8 (64.2–87.5) 27.8 ± 4.4 (22.9–31.3) Lip region height 3 3.3 ± 0.4 (3–4) 3.0 ± 0.0 (3–3) Lip region width 7 7.2 ± 0.5 (6–8) 6.8 ± 0.3 (6.5–7.0) Stylet length 16 16.3 ± 1.1 (14–18) 15.3 ± 2.1 (13–17) Stylet shaft length 10 10.2 ± 0.7 (9–11) 9.2 ± 1.4 (7.5–10.0) Conus length 6 6.2 ± 0.6 (5–7) 6.2 ± 0.8 (5.5–7.0) m 37.5 37.6 ± 2.1 (34.4–41.2) 39.8 ± 2 (37.5–41.2) MB 82.5 86.9 ± 4.2 (80–98.4) 97.2 ± 1 (96.2–98.0) Body diameter at median bulb 15 15.4 ± 0.8 (14–17) 13.8 ± 1.3 (12.5–15.0) Body width 19 19 ± 1.8 (15.5–22) 15.7 ± 1.5 (14–17) Nerve ring from anterior end 81.7 81.7 ± 4.4 (78–90) 66.5 ± 10.6 (59–74) Median bulb width 11 10.8 ± 0.6 (10–12) 9.3 ± 2.1 (7–11) Median bulb length 17 17.3 ± 0.9 (16–19) 15 ± 1.0 (14–16) Median bulb length/diam. ratio 1.5 1.6 ± 0.1 (1.5–1.9) 1.7 ± 0.3 (1.4–2.0) E. pore from anterior end 76 74.6 ± 4.7 (70–84) 64.7 ± 5.9 (58–69) Hemizonid from anterior end 89 90.7 ± 4.7 (87–96) 70 ± 8.5 (64–76) Pharynx length 57 63.9 ± 6.5 (50–73) 54.5 ± 7.1 (49.0–62.5) Overlapping 76 95.2 ± 16.4 (72–120) 78.8 ± 14.3 (65.0–93.5) Ovary length or Testis 316 277.7 ± 42.6 (212–343) 124 ± 10 (115–135) Anal (cloacal) body diameter – – 10 ±1 (9–11) Tail length – – 55 ± 13.2 (45–70) Spicules length (arc line) – – 12.3 ± 0.6 (12–13) Capitulum length – – 4.5 ± 0.7 (4–5)