Belongs within: Secernentea.
Contains: Rhabditoidea, Strongyloidea, Cylindrocorporidae.
The Rhabditina are a group of nematodes including both free-living and animal-parasitic forms. Possible synapomorphies of the group include the presence of a bursa with rays in the male, and a short muscular part to the stegostom, consisting of less than four muscle sets in at least the juvenile stages (Ley & Blaxter 2002). Representatives include the Bunonematomorpha, a little-known group with strongly modified symmetry of external structures (Ley & Blaxter 2002).
<==Rhabditina
| i. s.: RhabditoidesLB02
| Rhitis inermiformisRK91
|--Bunonematomorpha [Bunonematoidea]LB02
| |--Bunonema [Bunonematidae]LB02
| `--PterygorhabditidaeLB02
|--RhabditomorphaLB02
| | i. s.: CarabonematidaeLB02
| | AgfidaeLB02
| |--RhabditoideaLB02
| |--StrongyloideaLB02
| `--MesorhabditoideaLB02
| |--MesorhabditisBG-M11 [MesorhabditidaeLB02]
| | |--M. longespiculosaBG-M11
| | `--M. miotkiBG-M11
| `--Pelodera [Peloderidae]LB02
| |--P. coarctataL02b
| |--P. strongyloidesL02b
| `--P. teresL02b
`--Diplogasteromorpha [Diplogasterida]LB02
| i. s.: EudiplogasterMM02
| |--E. aphodiiMM02
| `--E. paramatusL02a
| Tylopharynx [incl. Chitonotylenchoides Arias & Jiménez-Millán 1968 (n. n.)]S00
|--Odontopharyngidae [Odontopharyngoidea]LB02
`--DiplogastroideaPJ03
|--PseudodiplogasteroididaeLB02
|--DiplogasteroididaeLB02
|--NeodiplogasteridaeLB02
|--MehdinematidaeLB02
|--CephalobiidaeLB02
|--CylindrocorporidaePJ03
|--Longibucca Chitwood 1933 [Longibuccidae]PJ03
| |--*L. vivipara Chitwood 1933PJ03
| `--L. lasiura McIntosh & Chitwood 1934 [incl. L. eptesica Elsea 1953]PJ03
`--DiplogasteridaeLB02
|--Pristionchus pacificusH02
|--FictorWK90
|--OligodiplogasterP92
`--DiplogasterH02
|--D. aerivoraG02
|--D. longicaudaH02
|--D. minorG02
`--D. robustusG02
Nomen nudum: Chitinotylenchoides mediterraneus Arias & Jiménez-Millán 1968S00
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[PJ03] Poinar, G. O., T. A. Jackson, N. L. Bell & M. B. Wahid. 2003. Cylindrocorpus inevectus sp. n. associated with the oil palm weevil, Elaeidobius kamerunicus (Faust) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with a synopsis of the family Cylindrocorporidae and establishment of Longibuccidae n. fam. (Diplogastroidea: Nematoda). Nematology 5 (2): 183–190.
[RK91] Royce, L. A., & G. W. Krantz. 1991. A new rearing method for nematophagous mites. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 619–622. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.
[S00] Siddiqi, M. R. 2000. Tylenchida: Parasites of plants and insects 2nd ed. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).
[WK90] Walter, D. E., & D. T. Kaplan. 1990. Antagonists of plant-parasitic nematodes in Florida citrus. Journal of Nematology 22 (4): 567–573.