CRICONEMOIDES ORNATIVULVATUS SP-N FROM MARTINIQUE (NEMATA, CRICONEMATINAE)

Criconemoides ornativulvatus sp. n. is described and figured from Martinique. Females are characterized by the presence of three lip annuli, enlarged submedian pseudolips which give rise to indistinctive submedian lobes, a low labial area and a non-raised labial disc resulting in a head form appearing rounded, 82 to 90 retrorse body annuli with smooth to irregular margins, a sharply pointed tail with last three to four annuli drawn out, an open vulva with prominent projections of various forms on anterior lip, a slightly sigmoid vagina and a 71 to 88 mu m long stylet.