| description of meloidoderita polygoni n. sp. (nematoda: meloidoderitidae) from usa and observations on m. kirjanovae from israel and ussr. | meloidoderita polygoni n. sp. is described and illustrated from roots of smartweed (polygonum hydropiperoides) from beltsville, maryland. this new species is similar to m. kirjanovae but differs especially in having larger spines on the cystoid bodies, females with the anus much closer to the vulva, and more posterior excretory pore. m. polygoni differs from m. safrica particularly in having females with a shorter stylet, a dgo much closer to base of stylet, greater distance between vulva and an ... | 1984 | 19294022 |