Lubanema
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Ordo: Rhabditida
Familia: Hystrignathidae
Name
Lubanema Morffe & García, 2013 gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Generic diagnosis
Female.Body notably robust and fusiform. Posterior end strongly rounded, bearing a terminal, very short, conical tail appendage. Cuticle unarmed, markedly annulated until the level of the anus. Lateral alae wide, from the oesophageal region to the level of the anus. Posterior ends of the alae almost forming a straight angle with the body axis, slightly convex and with short lobes in their margins. First cephalic annule cone-like, slightly inflated, its margins convex. Oesophagus with a sub-cylindrical, muscular procorpus. Isthmus as a constriction between the procorpus and basal bulb. Nerve ring encircling procorpus at its posterior half. Excretory pore post-bulbar. Reproductive system monodelphic-prodelphic. Ovary stout. Eggs markedly ovoid, smooth-shelled.
Type species
Lubanema decraemerae Morffe & García gen. n. (monotypic genus).
Distribution
Democratic Republic of Congo.
Etymology
The generic name (neuter) is a combination of Luba, after one of the ethnic groups in the country, and the suffix –nema.
