Department of Nematology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar-125004.
Aphelenchid nematodes met within Haryana have been listed and descriptions of two new species of Seinura Fuchs, 1931, and Aphelenchoides andrassyi Husain and Khan, 1967 (males recorded for the first time) given. S. tritica n. sp. —L=0.57–0.70 mm, a=29–40, c=12–14, V=79–81, spear 16–18 μm without knobs, post uterine sac short, tail terminus pointed; males with 15 μm long spicules, tail with short flagellum and a post-anal papilla; S. clavata n. sp. —L= 0.59–0.62 mm, a=26–34, c=13–19; V=74–76, spoar 12–15 μm long knobless, postuterine sac present, tail with clavate terminus; A. andrassyi–excretory pore distinct; males with 15 μm long spicules, tail with flagellum and two post-anal papillae.
Aphelenchus avenae Bastian, 1865, A. radicicolus (Cobb, 1913) Steiner, 1931, Paraphelenchus amblyurus Steiner 1934, Aphelenchoides aligarhiensis Siddiqi and Husain, 1967, A. andrassyi Husain and Khan, 1967, A. delhiensis Cbawla et al., 1968 soil samples collected from various locations of Haryana bave been isolated besides two new species of Seinura Fuchs, 1931. The descriptions of which are as hereunder.
