Parachordodes diblastus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chordodea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematomorpha Classis: Gordioida Ordo: Chordodea

Familia: Parachordodidae
Genus: Parachordodes
Species: Parachordodes diblastus
Synonyms (1): P. pachydermus

Name

• Parachordodes diblastus (Örley, 1881)
  • Authority for current placement: Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2009: 6 ('n. comb.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities, but sometimes overlooked
  • Obsolete combination: Gordionus diblastus: Poinar, 1991: 1593 ('n.comb.')
  • Original combination: Gordius diblastus
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Poinar, 1991: 1593 ('TYPE SPECIMENS: Lectotype (male) (Örley's specimen of Gordius diblastus) and syntypes (Örley's male G. pachydermus and female G. diblastus) deposited in the British Museum (Natural History)')
    • Description: male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand'

References

Primary references

• Örley, L. 1881: On hair-worms in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 8 (47): 325–332, plate XVIII. DOI: 10.1080/00222938109487466 BHL [first availability, see p. 331 and plate XVIII: fig. 6]
• Poinar, G.O., jr. 1991: Hairworm (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea) parasites of New Zealand wetas (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Canadian journal of zoology, 69 (6): 1592–1599. DOI: 10.1139/z91-223 [lectotype designation, see p. 1593]

Additional references

• Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2009: New data on New Zealand horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 105: 5–12.

Links

• Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist [no record!]
• EoL [no record!]
• ION [as Gordionus diblastus]
• ION [as Gordius diblastus]
• ION [as Gordius diblastus]
• ION
• NZOR (demonstration website) [as Gordionus diblastus]