Genus Rhabditoides
T. Goodey, 1926
Syn. Rhabditis (Telorhabditis) Osche,
1952
Definition: Rhabditinae. Lips closed. Stoma
may be somewhat goblet-shaped in some species; each metarhabdion bears
3 small teeth arranged in a triangle; some species are anisoglottid.
An oesophageal collar always present. Vuvla median, ovaries paired,
opposed, reflexed. Female tail long, conical or stilletto-shaped.
Male tail similar with very rudimentary bursa; papillae radially arranged.
Spicules separate; gubernaculum distally forked. 1st pair of pre-anal
papillae are well anterior to the proximal ends of the spicules
Type species: Rhabditoides longispina (Reiter, 1928) Dougherty,
1953
syn. Rhabditis (Telorhabditis) longispina Reiter, 1928 (Osche, 1952)
Telorhabditis longispina (Reiter, 1928) Sch. Stek., 1957
Rhabditoides coprophagus T. Goodney, 1929
-Goodey, 1963