Synonymisation of Rotylenchus Filipjev, 1936 and Pararotylenchus Baldwin & Bell, 1981 (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae)

Abstract

The genus Pararotylenchus is synonymised with Rotylenchus and the species previously in the former are transferred to the latter. This transfer requires the change of specific epithet of R. brevicaudatus Colbran, 1962, which is preoccupied by R. brevicaudatus (Hopper, 1959) comb. n., for which R. colbrani nom. n. is proposed.