With morphological characters of the subfamily. Ovaries two.
Median bulb of esophagus at, or usually poterior to, middle of esophagus.
Tails clavate or cylindroid to small, rounded terminus. Outlet of
dorsal esophageal gland usually, but not always, near base of spear.
Type species: Psilenchus
hilarulus deMan, 1921.