Genus Hemicriconemoides
Chitwood & Birchfield, 1957
Criconematinae.
Female: Animal of small to medium size (0.29-0.67 mm). Body
plump, straight or slightly ventrally curved, tapering on short distance
at both ends. Number of annuli 51-164. Cuticle with two detached layers,
closely adpressed; annulation strong, not retrorse; lateral field not marked.
Vulva posterior. Vulval lips plain; vulval flaps occasionally present.
Tail short, conoid to rounded. Labial framework heavily sclerotized. First
anterior annuli not or weakly differentiated. No submedian lobes. Amphidial
aperture slit-like. Stylet strong; basal knobs forward directed, generally
with a jointed anterior process; rarely rounded; never sloping backwards.
Male: Slender; oesophagus degenerated; stylet absent. Spicules
slender, slightly curved; gubernaculum short and plain. Caudal alae rarely
present, if so, weakly developed. Penial tube rarely present, if so, short.
Juveniles: One-layered cuticle; submedian lobes sometimes present,
weakly developed; strong annulation; each annulus bears six, ten, or twelve
scales conoid or provided with short denticles; when six on an annulus,
alternate with the following annulus (twelve rows).
