Examples of Variations in the Pharyngeal Region

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Order Triplonchida: Paratrichodorus minor(Colbran, 1956) Siddiqi, 1974

Order Dorylaimida: Xiphinema hygrophilum Southey and Luc, 1974

Order Dorylaimida: Aduncospiculum halicti Giblin and Kaya, 1984

Order Tylenchida: Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1941

Order Rhabditida: Zeldia punctata (Thorne, 1925) Thorne, 1937