Description of Tylenchorhynchus Marudharensis sp. n. with a Note on Safianema Anchilisposoma (Nematoda: Tylenchida) from Thar Region, India

Tylenchorhynchus marudharensis sp. n. collected from soil around the roots of datepalm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is described and figured. The new species is characterised by the presence of cuticularised structures around vagina, ventrally thickened cuticle posterior to vulva upto 7–8 body annules and is differentiated from closely related species T. paaloofi and T. ventralis by a combination of characters. Body dimensions are given for Safianema anchilisposoma, recorded for the first time from the Thar desert, India.