Trophotylenchulus Waliai n. sp. (Criconematina: Tylenchulidae) from Haryana, India

>Trophotylenchulus waliai n. sp. parasitising roots of cactus, Cereus peruvinus L., is described. Females are enclosed singly in dark brown to black cases alongwith eggs and juveniles. Females: L=251–347 μn, V=74–80, excretory pore=39–45%, tail tip bluntly rounded; males: L = 340–376 μm, spear with very weak knobs, excretory pore=35–38%, renette cell anterior to excretory pore, spicules with broad and no ched tips; second-stage juveniles: L = 256–338 μn; excretory pore=33–45%, lateral lines two, renette cell well developed, tails usually with broad-rounded termini.