Chitwoodiella Basir,1948

Shah, Manjur, 2011, Nematode parasites of invertebrates from Manipur, North East India (Diagnosis, keys and illustration), Zootaxa 3107, pp. 1-37 : 30

Genus Chitwoodiella Basir,1948

Generic diagnosis. Female: Cephalic extremity formed by single lip cone. Buccal capsule long, tubular with striated cuticular wall, posterior part of which may or may not possess three cuticularised tooth-like structures. Oesophageal corpus cylindrical. Prominent cardia with or without modification into a long tubular structure. Vulva between middle and posteriorthird of body. Vagina short and directed anteriorly. Gonads amphididelphic. Blind ends of ovaries reflexed and reaching the oesophageal region. Eggs attached to one another in strings by polar filaments. Tail conical or subulate.

Male: Buccal capsule long tubular with striated cuticular wall, posterior part do not possess cuticularised tooth-like structures. Lateral alae present. Tail very short, truncated with caudal alae. Spicule absent. Caudal papillae five to six pairs. A median ventral, rod-like, bluntly pointed projection, juts out backwardly just behind the cloaca.