DESCRIPTION OF 2 NEW SPECIES OF DORYLAIMOIDEA FROM INDIA

Two new species of Dorylaimoidea are described and illustrated. Aporcedorus punctatus n. sp., is 2.4-2.6 mm long; b = 4.8-5.4; c = 5-6; V = 45-48; odontostyle: 15-16 mum; spicules: 53 mum, differs from A. filicaudatus Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1983 in having punctate cuticle, smaller body size and odontostyle, posterior vulva and smaller c value. The male is reported for the first time in the genus and accordingly the diagnosis of Aporcedorus has been amended. Discolaimus papillatus n. sp., is 1.7-1.9 mm long; b = 4.2-4.6, c = 54-60; V = 51-57, odontostyle 18-19 mum; spicules 39 mum; is related to D. similis Thorne, 1939 and D. silvicolus Sauer & Annells, 1985 but differs from these species mainly in having ventromedian supplements continuous with adanal pair.