Tricominae (Nematoda : Desmoscolecida) from Laing Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of new species

Abstract

Among the many species of Tricoma found in samples from Papua New Guinea, six new species and one new subspecies are described: T. bipapillata, T. capitata, T. coralicolla, T, paralucida, T. paratimmi, T. parvaspiculata and T. dirnorphapapuensis. One known species, T. lucida Timm, 1978, is redescribed on the basis of type material. The diagnosis of the genus Tricoma is emended.