Three species of Tobrilidae (Nematoda : Enoplida) from Li River at Guiling, China

Eutobrilus annetteae Joubert & Heyns, 1979 with its male reported for the first time, Semitobrilus pellucidus (Bastian, 1865) Tsalolichin, 1983, and Epitobrilus allophysis (Steiner, 1919) Tsalolichin, 1996 are described from the Li River at Guiling, China. The male of Eutobrilus annetteae is characterized by lots of crystalloids inside body, almost straight spicules about one anal body diameter long and seven equally sized supplements. Semitobrilus pellucidus from Guiling shows large variation in body width, position of amphids, form of buccal cavity, distance between denticles, direction of vagina, arrangement of oocytes, and shape of eggs. It is different from other populations in its shorter cephalic setae, less than 60% of head width, in its shorter tail and smaller c' value. In males, there are 6-9 supplements, reduced and irregulary spaced. Epitobrilus allophysis is characterized by its labial setae longer than 50% of head width, small, posteriorly located ovoid amphid, single egg occupying whole space of uterus and blunt tail tip.