Criconematids of kalesar forests and morni hills of Haryana, India

Twenty one species of criconematids found associated with natural flora of Kalesar forests and Morni Hills of Haryana, India have been listed. These include Crossonema centurian sp. n.: L = 0.525–0.696 mm, V = 93–96, stylet = 96–112 μm, RV = 2–4, submedian lobes present, body annule 240–270 with finger-like, 2 μm long scales, juveniles with longitudinal rows of conical bi- or tri-tipped sceles; and Hemicycliophora ornamenta sp. n.: L = 1.06–138 mm, V = 78–81, stylet = 99–120 μm, R = 355–390, R V = 82–100, labial annuli 3–4, lateral lines two. lateral fields ornamented, spermatheca without sperm, vulval lips modified, 3 annuli long, post vulval region 4.8–6.0 vulval body widths long, spike shaped. Juveniles of Mesocriconema magnilobata (Darker & Khan, 1981) Loof & De Grisse, 1989 are described for the first time.