Description of Discolaimus miniodontii n.sp. and Laevides hunderansis n. sp. with notes on Discolaimoides spatilabium (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from District Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Soil samples collected from district ghizer, gilgit, baltistan, pakistan, yielded two new and a known nematode species of the order dorylaimida viz., discolaimus miniodontii n. sp. and laevides manilkarii n. sp.; and a new report of a known species discolaimoides spatilabium from district ghizer, gilgit-baltistan, pakistan. discolaimus miniodontii n. sp., is characterized by having smallest odontostyle (9-10μm); relatively smaller and slender body (l=1.0-1.14mm; a= 38.5-45.8); sclerotized odontostyle, its aperture occupying 50-55% of its length; oesophagus with conspicuous muscular sheath in the expended part of oesophagus; basal part of oesophagus expended gradually 51-54% of the total neck length. laevides hunderansis n. sp., collected from district ghizer village, hunder of gilgit-baltistan is characterized by the smallest body (0.7-0.8mm), small moral tooth (7-8 μm), short spicule, gubernaculum and tail length (24, 5, 14μm, respectively) and by the presence of one supplement within the spicular range.