(Thorne & Malek,1968) Niblack & Bernard, 1985
Syn.: Tylenchus plattensis
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Body slender fusiform, tapering both ways from near middle. Striae less than 1u apart. Lateral fields almost 1/3 body width, marked by 4 lines. Lip region about 1/3 as wide as neck base. Spear about 10u long with strong knobs, the muscles attached to cephalic arches. Ovary outstretched with oocytes in single line except for a short region of multiplication. Posterior uterine branch shorter than body width. Tail conoid to bluntly rounded terminus.
Tylenchus plattensis is distinctive because of its small size, vulva-anus distance equal to tail length and conoid, bluntly rounded tail. Male not seen but uterus contained sperms.
Habitat: Recently plowed pasture 2 miles east of Minden
and plowed field, Fairmont, Nebraska in the Platte River Valley.
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