Global Distribution of the Reniform Nematode Genus Rotylenchulus with the Synonymy of Rotylenchulus Macrosoma with Rotylenchulus Borealis
plants Article Global Distribution of the Reniform Nematode Genus Rotylenchulus with the Synonymy of Rotylenchulus macrosoma with Rotylenchulus borealis Juan E. Palomares-Rius 1, Ilenia Clavero-Camacho 1, Antonio Archidona-Yuste 2 , Carolina Cantalapiedra-Navarrete 1, Guillermo León-Ropero 1, Sigal Braun Miyara 3, Gerrit Karssen 4,5 and Pablo Castillo 1,* 1 Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Avda, Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Spain; palomaresje@ias.csic.es (J.E.P.-R.); iclavero@ias.csic.es (I.C.-C.); ccantalapiedra@ias.csic.es (C.C.-N.); gleon@ias.csic.es (G.L.-R.) 2 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Department of Ecological Modelling, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; antonio.archidona-yuste@ufz.de 3 Nematology and Chemistry Units, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Department of Entomology, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel; sigalhor@volcani.agri.gov.il 4 Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; gerrit.karssen@ugent.be 5 National Plant Protection Organization, Wageningen Nematode Collection, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, The Netherlands * Correspondence: p.castillo@csic.es Abstract: Reniform nematodes of the genus Rotylenchulus are semi-endoparasites of numerous herba- ceous and woody plant roots that occur largely in regions with temperate, subtropical, and tropical climates. In this study, we compared 12 populations of Rotylenchulus borealis and 16 populations of Citation: Palomares-Rius, J.E.; Clavero- Rotylenchulus macrosoma, including paratypes deposited in nematode collections, confirming that Camacho, I.; Archidona-Yuste, A.; morphological characters between both nematode species do not support their separation.
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