Description ofAporcella daklakensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae), associated with coffee plantations in Central Highland of Vietnam

A new species of the genus Aporcella, collected in replanted coffee orchards in Central Highland of Vietnam, is described and illustrated. Aporcella daklakensis sp. n. is characterized by its 1.63-1.98 mm long body, lip region offset by weak constriction and 14-15 & mu;m broad, odontostyle 13-15 & mu;m long or equal to lip region diameter, neck 400-565 & mu;m long, pharyngeal expansion 205-335 & mu;m long and occupying 51-60% of the total neck length, female genital system diovarian with very poorly developed genital tract and transverse vulva (V = 53-59), tail conical with rounded terminus (31-39 & mu;m, c = 43-57, c & PRIME;= 1.0-1.4), visibly subdigitate and bearing cuticular irregularities at its ventral side, and male absent. The new species is compared with its closest Aporcella representatives.