Subfamily Meloidoderinae

Female:

Body almost spherical,
Cuticle annulated, not changing color after death.
Vulva subequatorial, vulval lips present, vulval slit of normal size.
Anus subterminal.

Male:

Body twisted in some species

Second-stage infective juveniles:

With six lips evenly distributed around the oral disc.

Ref Wouts (1985), Subbotin et al. (2017).

Genera:

Cryphodera

Meloidodera

References

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Subbotin, S.A., Jerry Akanwari, Chau N. Nguyen, Ignacio Cid del Prado Vera, John J. Chitambar, Renato N. Inserra and Vladimir N. Chizhov. 2017. Molecular characterisation and phylogenetic relationships of cystoid nematodes of the family Heteroderidae (Nematoda: Tylenchida). Nematology 19:1065-1081.

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