From 2011 to 2012,147 samples of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) roots and rhizospheres have been collected in Taishan, Tai′an and Yicheng, Zaozhuang in Shandong Province,China.A preliminary survey was conducted about the species and distribution of parasitic nematodes on pomegranates. With comparative morphology, three species of the subfamily Criconematinae Taylor,1936 from the rhizospheres of pomegranates were extracted and identified. They were Criconema aberrans,Criconemella informis and Hemicriconemoides mangiferae. Therein,Punica granatum L. was the new host for C.informis and H.mangiferae.