Handoo Z A, Golden A M
J Nematol. 1989 Apr;21(2):202-18.
An identification key to 63 species of Pratylenchus is given. A compendium of the most diagnostic characters to be used directly in identification of species is included as a practical alternative and supplement to the key. P. tenuis, P. similis, P. impar, P. ranjani, and P. neocapitatus are recognized as valid species on the basis of study of type specimens. P. hyderabadensis Singh &Gill, 1986 is synonymized with P. dasi Fortuner, 1985. P. hexincisus Taylor &Jenkins, 1957 is confirmed as occasionally having 4 -6 lines in lateral field (instead of 6 only). Comments on the status of some species and a list of species of the genus are given.
给出了一个鉴定63种短体线虫的检索表。其中包含了一份最具诊断性特征的简编，可直接用于物种鉴定，作为检索表的实用替代和补充。基于对模式标本的研究，细短体线虫、相似短体线虫、不对称短体线虫、拉贾尼短体线虫和新头短体线虫被确认为有效物种。1986年辛格和吉尔描述的海得拉巴短体线虫被认定为1985年福图纳描述的达西短体线虫的同物异名。1957年泰勒和詹金斯描述的六刻痕短体线虫被确证偶尔在侧区有4 - 6条线（而非仅6条）。文中还对一些物种的分类地位进行了评述，并列出了该属的物种名录。
