Telotylenchinae.
Body medium sized to large. Lip region bullet-shaped (conoid-rounded), continuous with body contour. SEM face view
appears to be smooth, with the labial disc and labial sectors fused in a single structure (Sher & Bell, 1975). Stylet 10-20 um
long. Oesophageal glands abutting, pyriform. Tail cylindroid, with a broadly rounded terminus, sometimes rather short for the
family, with thick cuticle at the distal extremity. Females with only one genital branch, posterior branch atrophied to a
post-uterine sac However, the vulva is at mid-body.
(Description-    )
Type species:  Trophurus imperalis  Loof, 1956.

Species:
     Trophurus impar
     Trophurus imperialis
     Trophurus lomus
     Trophurus longimarginatus
     Trophurus marathwadensis
     Trophurus minnesotensis
     Trophurus roigi
     Trophurus scognamiglii
     Trophurus sculptus
     Trophurus similis
     Trophurus ussuriensis

Species found:      at:

T. minnesotensis

Konza Prairie