Section of Nematology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202001, India.
** Present address: Section of Nematology, Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004.
Three new species of Rotylenchus Filipjev, 1936 from high altitudes of India are described and illustrated. R. satsilinicus n.sp. is characterized by body 25–27 μm long, orifice of dorsal oesophageal gland at 1/3 of spear length, phasmids at pre-anal level and tail equal to one anal-body diameter with 7–12 annules. R. jagatpurensis n.sp. is characterized by body 062-0.84 mm long, 3–4 lip annules which is truncate, spear 24–28 μm long, orifice of dorsal oesophageal gland at 1/3 of spear length, phasmids at post-anal level and tail more than one anal-body diameter long, marked with 13–18 annules. R. lobalus n.sp. is characterized by body 0.55–0.62 mm long, 5–6 lip annules, spear 25–29 μm long, orifice of dorsal oesophageal gland at more than 1/3 of spear length, phasmids at pre-anal level and tail equal to one anal-body diameter, marked with 7–9 annules.
Rotylenchus satsilinicus sp.n. R. jagatpurensis, sp.n., R. lobatus sp.n
