New plant-parasitic nematode from the mostly mycophagous genus Bursaphelenchus discovered inside figs in Japan.
A new nematode species, Bursaphelenchus sycophilus n.sp.is described.The species was found in syconia of a fig species, Ficus variegata during a field survey of fig-associated nematodes in Japan.Because it has a well-developed stylet and pharyngeal glands, the species is considered an obligate plant parasite, and is easily distinguished from all ot