Morphological and morphometrical identification of Meloidogyne populations from various crop production areas in South Africa with emphasis on M. enterolobii Author Rashidifard, Milad Author Fourie, Hendrika Author Daneel, Mieke Stefanie Author Marais, Mariette text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-22 4658 2 251 274 journal article 25937 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.2.3 6c4ff371-ec38-493c-83b1-6edddccf9f52 1175-5326 3375820 9AA35B64-5307-4438-9C5C-BD01ACA4FFFB

TABLE 2. Morphological characteristics, used in this study to identify Meloidogyne spp. females from South African production areas which have been reported by 1 Kleynhans (1991); 2 Yang & Eisenback (1983); 3 Brito et al. (2004); 4 Kars- sen et al. (2013).

Meloidogyne	Perineal-pattern morphology 1,2,3,4	Shape of the lumen of the esophagus 1, 3
spp.
M. enterolobii	Round to ovoid; dorsal arch moderately high to high; apex	No information recorded for lumen
	usually rounded but nearly square in some specimens;	of oesophagus form/shape in pro- and
	distinct phasmids in the tail-terminus; lateral lines are not	metacorpus to be used as a discrimina-
	distinct; perivulval area is generally free of striae; striae on	tory characteristic.
ventral area of pattern generally finer and smoother; tail tip
M. incognita	is visible. Circular to oval; dorsal arch medium high to high; apex	Lumen lining expands, then narrows
	broadly rounded or squarish; tail terminus clear/with some	towards spheroid; occasionally visible as
M. javanica	disordered phasmids. Circular to oval; dorsal arch low to medium high, apex	an ovoid metacorpus lining. Procorpus lining usually cylindrical
	squarish to broadly round; areas above lateral lines not	but may expand/narrow immediately
	bulged outwards; lateral lines usually visible as double lines;	in front of usually ovoid, occasionally
M. hapla	distinct rectal punctuations. Circular to oval; dorsal arch low to medium high, apex	spheroid metacorpus lining. Procorpus lining expands visibly before
	broadly rounded, sometimes squarish; areas above lateral	narrowing towards spheroid metacorpus
	lines bulged outwards; lateral lines usually indicated by fork-	lining.
ing striae, punctuations are visible at tail terminus and are
usually enclosed by lines extending between phasmids.