taxonID	type	description	language	source
861387C8B916785EFF7DA595CE4AF8F6.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST AND LOCALITY Bursaphelenchus hildegardae, extracted from pine wood (Pinus radiata) and bark beetle (H. ater) samples collected from Kaingaroa Forest in the central North Island of New Zealand (NZ) (38 ° 24 ’ 36.394 ” S; 176 ° 33 ’ 44.989 ” E) in March and April 2019; and from Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) from Waipori, Dunedin in the South Island of NZ (45 ° 56 ’ 29.222 ” S; 170 ° 5 ’ 29.27 ” E) on 11 November 2020.	en	Zhao, Zeng Qi, Surrey, Michael, Ho, Wellcome, Marinov, Milen, Bleach, Carolyn, Rogan, Brent, Alexander, Brett (2021): First record of Bursaphelenchus hildegardae Braasch et al., 2006 (Nematoda) in New Zealand with updated information on morphology, sequencing and a key to species of the eggersi-group. Zootaxa 5071 (1): 151-165, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.9
861387C8B916785EFF7DA595CE4AF8F6.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED Seven females (slide nos NNCNZ 3350 – 3352), seven males (slide nos NNCNZ 3353 – 3354) and five dauer juveniles (slide nos NNCNZ 3355) from Kaingaroa Forest; five females (slide nos NNCNZ 3356 – 3358) and three males (slide nos NNCNZ 3359 – 3362) from Waipori deposited at the National Nematode Collection, New Zealand (NNCNZ).	en	Zhao, Zeng Qi, Surrey, Michael, Ho, Wellcome, Marinov, Milen, Bleach, Carolyn, Rogan, Brent, Alexander, Brett (2021): First record of Bursaphelenchus hildegardae Braasch et al., 2006 (Nematoda) in New Zealand with updated information on morphology, sequencing and a key to species of the eggersi-group. Zootaxa 5071 (1): 151-165, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.9
861387C8B916785EFF7DA595CE4AF8F6.taxon	diagnosis	MORPHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS AND RELATIONSHIPS The New Zealand isolate of B. hildegardae is morphologically closest to the original description of B. hildegardae (Braasch et al., 2006). However, it varies from the original description in the male with bursa shape, spicule size and b index. In the original description, it states that the male has a distinct V-shaped dorso-ventrally visible terminal bursa, but in the New Zealand specimens of B. hildegardae it has not been observed (Figs. 1 G; 2 G & J). The spicule sizes were 23 – 28 μm vs 18 – 24 μm; and the b values were 8.6 – 10.2 vs 10.2 – 12.7 in the German and New Zealand isolates respectively. The New Zealand isolate of B. hildegardae is also morphologically similar to B. eggersi, B. elytrus Massey, 1971, B. glochis Brzeski & Baujard, 1997, B. newmexicanus Massey, 1974 and B. tusciae Ambrogioni & Palmisano, 1998. However, it can be differentiated from them by spicule shape, particularly by the thin hook-like condylus (Table 3).	en	Zhao, Zeng Qi, Surrey, Michael, Ho, Wellcome, Marinov, Milen, Bleach, Carolyn, Rogan, Brent, Alexander, Brett (2021): First record of Bursaphelenchus hildegardae Braasch et al., 2006 (Nematoda) in New Zealand with updated information on morphology, sequencing and a key to species of the eggersi-group. Zootaxa 5071 (1): 151-165, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.9
