Post Graduate Department of Zoology, University ot Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, India.
Seven species of the genus Helicotylenchus Steiner, 1945, 5 as new records from Kashmir, H. caroliniensis Sher, 1966; H. cavenessi, Sher, 1966; H. erythrinae (Zimmermann, 19(4) Golden, 1956; H. indicus Siddiqi, 1963 and H. minzi Sher. 1966, and two new species, H. pteracercusoides and H. trapezoidicaudatus are described. The latter species differs from all other species in having trapezoid head and tail. H. pteracercusoides differs from H. pteracercus Singh, 1971 in having a longer spear, lesser number of tail annules and short, indented ventral projection.
Heliotytelenchus caroliniensis, H. cavenessi, H. erythrinae, H. indicus, H. minzi, H. pteracercusoides, sp. n., H. trapezoidicaudatus sp. n
