Observations of some species of Criconemoides Taylor, 1936 (Nematoda : Criconematidae) with proposals of new synonyms

Four species of Criconemoides Taylor, 1936 are discussed and the following new synonyms are proposed. C. pleriannulatus Ebsary, 1979, C. mutabilis Ero shenko, 1980 nec Taylor, 1936, C. striatellus Eroshenko, 1980, C. multiannu latus Eroshenko, 80, C. echinopanaxi Mukhina, 1981 and C. eroshenkoi Siddiq i, 1986 are considered as junior synonyms of C. annulatus Taylor, 1936; C. tulaganovi (Kirjanova, 1948) Raski, 1958, C. mongomorgum Darekar & Khan, 19 79 and C. sabulosus Eroshenko, 1981 of C. informis (Micoletzky, 1922) Taylo r, 1936; C. amorphus De Grisse, 1967 and C. tafoensis Luc, 1970 of C. mongo lensis Andrassy, 1964. C. myungsugae (Choi & Geraert, 1975) Loof & De Griss e, 1989 is redescribed from paratypes.