Scutylenchus Jairajpuri 1971

Xu, Chun - Ling, Xie, Hui, Zhao, Chuan - Bo, Zhang, Song - Bai & Su, Xiu - Min, 2012, Review of the genus Scutylenchus Jairajpuri, 1971 (Nematoda: Tylenchida), with description of Scutylenchus dongtingensis n. sp. from rhizosphere soil of grass in China, Zootaxa 3437, pp. 32-42 : 34-35

Genus Scutylenchus Jairajpuri 1971

Diagnosis (emended from Siddiqi 2000 ): Belonolaiminae . Small to medium-sized (0.5–1.5 mm), arcuate to curved when relaxed. Lateral field usually bearing 6 incisures in lateral view, occasionally 4 or 10–12 incisures. Body cuticle formed into blocks by longitudinal striae or grooves. Cephalic region offset, with six radial grooves, with 6–7 annuli, and moderate sclerotization; labial disc inconspicuous, four-lobed. Median bulb near middle of oesophagus or more anterior. Vulva in a cavity or depression, with epiptygma. Vagina vera sub-square in lateral view. Female tail conoid to subcylindrical with rounded or pointed tip; terminal tail cuticle abnormally thickened, may or may not be annulated; spicules slender; gubernaculum crescent-shaped in lateral view.

Type species: Scutylenchus mamillatus (Tobar-Jiménez 1966) Jairajpuri 1971 syn. Tylenchorhynchus mamillatus Tobar-Jiménez 1966

Merlinius mamillatus (Tobar-Jiménez) Anderson 1977

Geocenamus mamillatus (Tobar-Jiménez) Brzeski 1991

Other species*:

S. baluchiensis Maqbool, Ghazala, Fatima & Qasim 1985

S. boghiae ( Choi & Geraert 1993) Siddiqi 2000

S. brevicaudatus Peng & Hunt 1995

S. dongtingensis n. sp.

S. hexincisus ( Jairajpuri & Baqri 1968) Siddiqi 1979

S. koreanus ( Choi & Geraert 1971) Siddiqi 1979

S. laminatus ( Wu 1969) Anderson & Ebsary 1982

S. lenorus ( Brown 1956) Siddiqi 1979

S. longus ( Wu 1969) Skwiercz 1984

Syn. Tylenchorhynchus longus Wu 1969

Merlinius longus (Wu) Sturhan 1981

Pathotylenchus longus (Wu) Eroshenko & Volkova 1987 Geocenamus longus (Wu) Brzeski 1991

S. myungsugae ( Choi & Geraert 1993) Siddiqi 2000

S. paniculoides ( Vovlas & Esser 1990) Siddiqi 2000

S. patternus ( Eroshenko & Volkova 1987) comb. n. Syn. Geocenamus patternus Eroshenko & Volkova 1987

S. quadrifer (Andrássy 1954) Siddiqi 1979

S. rugosus (Siddiqi 1963) Siddiqi 1979

S. siddiqii ( Mulk 1978) Skwiercz 1984

S. sobolevi ( Mukhina 1970) Siddiqi 1979

S. sphaerocephalus Ivanova 1982

S. squamatus (Eroshenko & Volkova 1988) comb. n. Syn. Geocenamus squamatus Eroshenko & Volkova 1988

S. stegus ( Thorne & Malek 1968) Siddiqi 1979

S. tartuensis (Krall 1959) Siddiqi 1979

S. tessellatus (Goodey 1952) Siddiqi 1979

S. thomasi Skwiercz 1984

S. tumensis Skwiercz 1984

S. variabilis Ivanova & Shagalina 1983

[*Other synonymy as in Siddiqi (2000) ]