Hirschmanniella caribbeana sp n. and new records of Pratylenchus spp. (Pratylenchidae : Nematoda) from Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Hirschmanniella caribbeana sp. n. is described and figured from mangrove ve getation from Guadeloupe. Females are characterised by the tail terminus ha ving two lateral peg-like projections with a smaller, irregular intermediat e projection, a low, rounded lip region with five to six annuli, a 17-20 mu m long stylet, areolated lateral fields, intestine not overlapping the rec tum and phasmids situated at midtail. Males numerous, similar to females ex cept for sexual characters. Juvenile tail ends in a single, thin, pointed m ucro. Notes, morphometrics, descriptions and figures are given for Pratylen chus, P. jordanensis, P. teres and P. loosi all new records for this region .