Pratylenchus Species Key
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37. Oral aperture truncate; (a = 22 - 31, b = 4.9 - 7.2); tail with 18 - 23 annules; tail terminus without any indentation 
P. sudanensis Loof & Yassin 1971
37. Oral aperture slightly depressed; ( a = 18 - 24, b = 3.4 - 4.7); tail with 15 - 19 annules; tail terminus indented
P. emarginatus Eroshenko, 1978
38. Posterior uterine branch short, undifferentiated; body long and slender; average a = more than 25 
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38. Posterior uterine branch longer with cellular distal part; body short and stout; average a = 25 or less .................40
39. Lip region low, slightly set off; oral aperture with six adjoining sensilla; in en face view bv SEM the dorsal and ventral segments of oral disk are either hexaradiate or dumbbell shape; stylet 15 - 17 um long; a= 21 - 31 (26) 
 P. penetrans(Cobb, 1917) Filipjev & Shuurmans Stekhoven, 1941
39. Lip region high, continuous; oral aperture oval, surrounded by six small pores; in en face view by SEM the subdorsal and subventral segments of oral disk fused to produce a pandurate outline; stylet 14 - 16 um long; a = 24 - 31 (27)
  P. mediterraneous Corbett, 1983 
40. Lip region low, flat; stylet 15 - 16.5 um long with spherical knobs; vulva at 80% (78 -83); tip rounded; a = 18 - 27 (24) 
P. subpenetrans Taylor & Jenkins, 1957
40. Lip region high, dome-shaped; stylet 15 - 15 um long with wide forwardly directed knobs; vulva at 74 - 80%; tail tip pointed;a = 20 - 30
 

P.kralli Ryss, 1982

41. Tail subcylindrical to cylindrical-conoid; terminus round to truncate 
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41. Tail conoid, tapering to narrow, rounded terminus  ...............55
42. Lip region high, continuous; body contracted ventrally behind vulva; tail terminus bluntly rounded to truncate; vulva at 73 - 80% 
P. thornei Sher & Allen. 1953
42. Lip region not conspicuously high, slightly set off, occasionally continuous or dome-shaped; Body not contracted behind vulva; tail subcylindrical to cylindrical conoid, conical or obtuse, occasionally with a terminal process ..............43