Rev 04/18/2023
Latocephalus Patil & Khan, 1982
Type species of the genus: Latocephalus gracilis Patil & Khan, 1982
Ref: Andrassy (2009)
Monodelphic, opisthodelphic, no prevulval sac
Vulva non-sclerotized
Terrestrial species reported from Asia, Africa and South America,
Probably are predators as other members of the subfamily Discolaiminae (Yeates et al., 1993).
Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.
Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.