Pratylenchus Species Key
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25. Stylet 14 - 15 um long; spermatheca oblong, 24 - 27 um long; tail with 20 -28 annules (excluding those around tip); tail terminus oblique sometimes more symmetrically conoid or slightly mucronate; spicules 17 - 19 um long 
P. pratensis(de Man, 1880) Filipjev, 1936 
25. Stylet 16 -17.5um long; spermatheca elongate, 28 - 77 um long and 2 - 5 times its width; tail width 32 - 44 annules (exluding those around tip); tail terminus sharply conical; spicules 20 - 21 um long
P. kasari Ryss, 1982
26. Spermatheca round 
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26. Spermatheca square or broadly oval to rectangular 
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27.   Tail cylindrical or conical; tail terminus rounded and finely crenate 
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27. Tail bluntly rounded or conoid; tail terminus truncate 
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27. Tail long, conical; tail terminus variable, from more-or-less pointed to stout blunt always showing a terminal projection
P. morettoiLuc, Baldwin & Bell, 1986 
28. Vulva at 77 - 81%; tail conical with 16 - 26 annules; posterior uterine branch often with rudimentary elements 
P. fallaxSeinhorst, 1968
28. Vulva at 73 76%; tail cylindrical with 17 -20 annules; posterior uterine branch without rudimentary elements
P. exilisDas & Sultana, 1979
29. Lip region high; excretory pore posterior, located at level of junction between esophagus and intestine; tail bluntly rounded; terminus coarsely crenate 
 P. convallariaeSeinhorst, 1959
29. Lip region low; excretory pore anterior, located above median bulb; tail conoid; terminus finely crenate
 P. cerealis Haque, 1966
30. Lip region high, flat; stylet 18 - 19 um long; tail conoid with a bluntly ending annulated terminus; ovary reflexed; spermatheca oval 
P. barkatiDas & Sultana, 1979
30. Lip region low, rounded or sometimes flat; stylet 14 - 17 um long; tail elongate conoid to broadly conoid with a large terminal annule or with a distal subventral projection; ovary outstretched ................31