Pratylenchus zeae, Graham 1951

Alvani, Somaye, Mahdikhani-Moghadam, Esmat, Rouhani, Hamid & Mohammadi, Abbas, 2016, A checklist of the family Pratylenchidae Thorne, 1949 from Iran, Zootaxa 4079 (2), pp. 179-204 : 195

28. P. zeae Graham 1951

Syn: P. impar Khan & Singh 1975

P. cubensis Razhivin & Ơ Relly 1976

P. jordanensis Hashim 1984

Associated plants and localities. Barley (Kerman and Qom), citrus (Gilan, Hormozgan and Mazandaran), sugar beet (Esfahan and Semnan), sugarcane (Khuzestan), sunflower (Alborz) and wheat (Kerman and Qom).

References. Kheiri 1972; Tanha Maafi, Z. & Kheiri, A, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, 1990, pers. com; Kheiri 1995; Norouzi & Barooti 1996; Aliramaji et al. 2006; Gharekhani et al. 2008; Ommati, F. & Giti, M, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Fars, Shiraz, 2010, pers. com; Ahmadi, A. et al., Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khuzestan, Ahvaz, 2010, pers. com; Majd Taheri, Z. et al., Islamic Azad University of Damghan, Damghan, 2010, pers. com [M]; Divsalar et al. 2011, 2012; Lotfi, Z. & Gharekhani, A, Payam–Noor University of Qom, Qom, 2012, pers. com; Nasiri, M. et al., Shiraz University, Shiraz, 2012, pers. com.

Remarks. Description not included in above references. LM and SEM studies show strong morphological and morphometrical similarities between P. jordanensis and P. z e a e suggesting that the former is a junior synonym of the latter (Inserra et al. 2005).