First Report of Longidorus Leptocephalus Hooper, 1961 (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Greece

Longidorid nematodes comprise more than 500 species, and Longidorus and Xiphinema are the most diversified, prevalent, and cosmopolitan genera within plant-parasitic nematodes. The genus Longidorus comprise a group of species, some of which are vectors of plant viruses. New sampling for needle nematodes was carried out in a grapevine area in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, and one nematode species of Longidorus (L. leptocephalus) was recovered. Nematodes were extracted from soil samples by modified sieving and a decanting method. Extracted specimens were processed using glycerol, mounted on permanent slides, and subsequently identified morphologically. Nematode DNA was extracted from individual, live specimens, and PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) assays were performed for D2-D3 expansion segments of 28S rRNA, ITS1 rRNA, and partial mitochondrial COI regions. Morphology and morphometric data obtained from this population were consistent with the original description and reported populations of L. leptocephalus. To our knowledge, this is the first report of L. leptocephalus in Greece and the second in the Mediterranean Basin after the record of the species from Slovenia, extending the geographical distribution of this species in Europe.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Clavero-Camacho, Ilenia, Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, C., Kormpi, Maria, Palomares Rius, Juan E., Tzortzakakis, E. A., Castillo, Pablo, Archidona-Yuste, Antonio
Other Authors:	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2022-02
Subjects:	Taxonomy, D2-D3 of 28S rDNA, ITS1 rDNA, Cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1, Description, Needle nematodes,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/305691 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85141076801
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