Pratylenchus sensillatus, Anderson &Townshend 1985, Anderson &Townshend, 1985

Alvani, Somaye, Mahdikhani-Moghadam, Esmat, Rouhani, Hamid & Mohammadi, Abbas, 2016, A checklist of the family Pratylenchidae Thorne, 1949 from Iran, Zootaxa 4079 (2), pp. 179-204 : 191-192

21. P. sensillatus Anderson &Townshend 1985

(present study) 12♀: L= 620.4 (564.9–680) µm; a = 34.3 (30.7–37.8); b = 7.7 (6.6–8.8); b' = 4.3 (3.7–5.1); c = 22.2 (19.5–24.3); c' = 2.2 (1.9–2.8); St = 16.8 (15.8–17.5) µm; V = 77.6 (75.7–79.1); V´ = 81.1 (79.3–82.8) Associated plant and locality. Ziziphus zizyphus (South Khorasan).

Reference. Present study.

Remarks. The Iranian population of P. sensillatus closely corresponds to the original description (Anderson & Townshend 1985). It is characterized by having a rounded lip region with three annuli, lateral fields with four lines, the central zone with one or two longitudinal lines or oblique striations, a non–functional spermatheca, and subcylindrical tail with rounded smooth terminus.