Characterized by lips with cephalic setae, a rare feature among rhabditid
species. On that basisc, Andrassy (1976) classified Rhabditoides
and Ablechroiulus Andeassy, 1966, also with cephalic setae, under the new
subfamily Ablechroiulinae. Others have synonymized Ablechroiulinae with
Rhabditinae but Ablechroiulinae still persists in recent papers although the
differences from Rhabditinae are rather small and the subfamily designation
is considered doubtful.
Relatively infrequently encountered (or reporteed) genus in the
Rhabditidae.
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