Morphological, morphometrical, and molecular characterization of Metarhabditis amsactae (Ali, Pervez, Andrabi, Sharma and Verma, 2011) Sudhaus, 2011 (Rhabditida, Rhabditidae) from India and proposal of Metarhabditis longicaudata as a junior synonym of M. amsactae

• Aashaq Hussain Bhat,
• Shreyansh Srivastava,
• Aasha Rana,
• Ashok Kumar Chaubey,
• Ricardo A. R. Machado,
• Joaquín Abolafia

Affiliations

Aashaq Hussain Bhat

Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India

Shreyansh Srivastava

Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India

Aasha Rana

Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India

Ashok Kumar Chaubey

Nematology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India

Ricardo A. R. Machado

Experimental Biology Research Group, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Joaquín Abolafia

Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain