Subfamily PRATYLENCHINAE 

                                Rev 4/91

Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae (Thorne, 1949)
    Synonyms:
      Radopholinae (Allen & Sher, 1967)
      Hoplotylinae (Siddiqi, 1971)
      Hirschmanniellinae (Fotedar & Handoo, 1978)

Morphology and Anatomy:

      In both sexes, body remains vermiform.  Tail elongated: c' rarely 
      (Apratylenchoides) under 2.  Phasmids located located well behind anal    
      or cloacal level (except Hoplotylus).
      [Ref: Luc, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):203-218 (1987).]
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