Genus Diphtherophora
de Man, 1880
Obese nemas with thick cuticle which frequently forms wrinkles when the body is bent.  Spear of an unusually complicated structure.  Spear guide an assembly of plates and rods.  Esophagus with an elongate-conoid basal bulb.  Body contents usually obscured by many granular bodies.

Type speciesDiphtherophora communis de Man, 1880

Species found:         at:
D. latum Konza Prairie  
D. obesus                      Konza Prairie, 9-Mile Prairie,  Homestead