Sobre la nematofauna muscícola del Nepal

Abstract

On the moss-inhabiting nematofauna of Nepal
This paper is a contribution to the knowledge of the moss-inhabiting nernatofauna of Himalayan mountains o£ Nepal (Gandaki and Dhaulagiri). All the samples have been collected between 4000 and 5000 m of altitude. The collected nematofauna is very typical, but it is poor in number o£ species. There are 17% of predaceous forms (Mononchidae), 22,7% of bryophageousforms (Dorylairnoidea) and 60,3% of saprobionticforms (Monhysteroidea, Araeolaimoidea, Tylenchoidea and Rhabditoidea). This nematofauna is similar to the one living in same biotopes of the high mountains of the rest of the world.