Table 1
Nematode 28S rDNA sequences for selected taxa in Figure 3.
| Species | Isolate | Locality | Accession |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cephaloboides nidrosiensis | DF5075 | The UK | EU195992 |
| Metarhabditis blumi | DF5010 | Spain | EU195965 |
| Metarhabditis rainai | DF5091 | Fiji | EU195966 |
| Oscheius carolinensis | USA | FJ547239 | |
| Oscheius chongmingensis | China | EF503691 | |
| Oscheius chongmingensis | Tumian154 | China | EU273599 |
| Oscheius insectivorus | SB169 | Germany | EU195968 |
| Oscheius myriophilus | DF5020 | The USA | AY602176 |
| Oscheius necromenus | SB218 | Australia | This paper |
| Oscheius sp. | YNb59 | China | AY177182 |
| Oscheius sp. | Japan | This paper | |
| Rhabditella axei | DF5006 | France | AY602177 |
Table 2
Nematode 18S rDNA sequences for selected taxa in Figure 4.
| Species | Isolate | Locality | Accession |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caenorhabditis elegans | N2 | The UK | AY268117 |
| Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 1206 | – | FJ040430 |
| Fictor stercorarius | RS9003 | Germany | KJ877235 |
| Fictor sp. 2 | RS9002 | The USA | KJ877234 |
| Koerneria luziae | Luc1 | Japan | AB597232 |
| Leptojacobus dorci | EJR2014 | Japan | KF924399 |
| Mononchoides cf. americanus | 100D10 | Japan | This paper |
| Mononchoides composticola | wb31 | Belgium | GU943512 |
| Mononchoides striatus | MonEStr | – | AY593924 |
| Mononchoides sp. | FDL-2015 M63_39 | Italy | LN827618 |
| Mononchoides sp 1 | VS-2014 RS5441 | France | KJ877210 |
| Mononchoides sp 2 | VS-2014 RS9007 | Mexico | KJ877209 |
| Mononchoides sp 3 | VS-2014 RS9008 | New Caledonia | KJ877211 |
| Neodiplogaster crenatae | NK126 | Japan | AB326310 |
| Paroigolaimella micrura | VS-TU-2014-2 | Germany | KJ877207 |
| Sachsia zurstrasseni | VS-TU-2014-3 | Germany | KJ877208 |
| Sudhausia aristotokia | RS9011 | Ghana | KJ877231 |
| Sudhausia crassa | RS9012 | South Africa | KJ877232 |
| Tylopharynx foetidus | wb3 | Belgium | EU306343 |

Figure 1
Oscheius rugaoensis Female juvenile (A) Stoma, (B) Body, ventral view, with vulva primordium (V), (C) SEM lateral field cuticle.

Figure 2
Mononchoides sp. cf. americanus (A) Female body, ventral view, (B) Female pharynx, (C) Male body, lateral view.

Figure 3
Oscheius rugaoensis 28S rDNA MrBayes phylogenetic tree of MAFFT aligned 175 base pair (bp) sequences of Oscheius with Metarhabditis, Rhabditella, Cephaloboides outgroups as implemented in Geneious ver. 7.1.7. ModelTest AIC GTR+G+I model with gamma rates, alpha shape parameter = 0.77. Chain Length 1,100,000, Burnin 110,000, Average LnL for two runs = −11529.5. Bayesian likelihood support values indicated above branches.

Figure 4
Mononchoides and diplogastrid relatives MrBayes phylogenetic tree of 18S rDNA based on a 3,410bp MAFFT alignment as implemented in Geneious ver. 7.1.7. ModelTest AIC GTR+G+I model with gamma rates, alpha shape parameter = 0.60. Chain Length 1,100,000, Burnin 110,000, Average LnL for two runs = −9630.4. Support values indicated above branches for Bayesian likelihood.