Four new species of the family Hoplolaimidae: (Nematoda) with notes on Rotylenchus cypriensis Antoniou from Pakistan
Authors
M. A. Maqbool
F. Shahina
Abstract
Four new Hoplolaimid species were found in soil samples collected from fruit orchards and vegetable crops in Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir) and Sind, Pakistan. Description and illustrations are given for Rotylenchus fragaricus sp. n. from cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne), R. pakistanensis sp. n. from apple (Pyrus malus Mill.) and grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), R. alii sp. n. from apple (Pyrus malus Mill.) and Helycotylenchus obliquus sp. n. from mango (Mangifera indica L.). Rotylenchus c),priensis Antoniou, 1980 is recorded for the first time in Pakistan.
