Scutellonema. brevistyletum was collected at soil around the roots of oriental melon (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa Makino) at Seongju, Gyeongbuk in Korea. Scutellonema brevistyletum resembles to S. sorghi in having large number of longitudinal lines (16-18 vs 16 in S. sorghi), but differs by the areolated at level of scutellum(not areolated in S. sorghi), shorter tail length(9.1-13.3㎛ vs 16.2-35.7㎛ in S. soghi) and not long intestinal overlap rectum. S. brevistyletum differs from S. unum in having shorter stylet (24.5-28㎛ vs 29-32㎛ in S. unum) and basal lip not having longitudinal striae.

• Joong-Hwan Lee(Department of Agricultral Environment, Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extention)
• Don-Guen Kim(Institute for Natural Products Research, Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extention, Uiseong)
• Seong-Yong Choi(Department of Agricultral Environment, Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extention)