Subfamily Tylencholaiminae
Revised 06/22/21
Modified from Pena-Santiago 2020 and Wu et al, 2019
with characteristics of the family Tylencholaimidae
amphidial fovea not sclerotized.
odontostyle straight, tubular with small aperture, without dorsal accessory pieces.
odontophore rod-like and basal part slightly expanded. Guiding ring simple.
esophagus slender in anterior part, the basal part expanded occupying 1/3 of esophageal length.
female genital system didelphic ampfidelphic; vulval lips not sclerotized.
Tail short, rounded to conoid-round.
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Pena-Santiago, R. 2020. On the identity of some dorylaims (Dorylaimida) recently described from China. Nematology 22:957-960.
Wu, W-J., Xu, C-L., Xie, H., Wang, D-W. 2019. Three new species, one new genus and subfamily of Dorylaimida (de man, 1876) Pearse, 1942, and revisions of the families Tylencholaimellidae Jairajpuri, 1964 and Mydonomidae Thorne, 1964 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). PeerJ 7:e7541 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7541