Aphelenchoididea

Not to be confused with Aphelenchoides.

Aphelenchoididea is a nematode superfamily in the order Rhabditida.^[1] Its members can be found inside bodies of species from the families Lepidoptera and Blattodea.^[2]

Aphelenchoididea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Tylenchida
Suborder:	Tylenchina
Infraorder:	Tylenchomorpha
Superfamily:	Aphelenchoididea Skarbilovich, 1947
Families
See text

Taxonomy

As of 26 January 2018^[update] recorded in WoRMS, the superfamily contains the following families:^[1]

• Aphelenchidae Fuchs, 1937
  • Aphelenchus Bastian, 1865
  • Paraphelenchus Micoletzky, 1922
• Aphelenchoididae Skarbilovich, 1947^[3]
  • Aphelenchoides
  • Paraseinura Timm, 1960

Records in ITIS contain the following two families as well:

• Myenchildae
• Paraphelenchidae

The following were formerly members of this superfamily, but are now assigned to other taxa:

• Acugutturidae: Now belongs to Panagrolaimida.
• Berntsenidae
• Ektaphelenchidae
• Entaphelenchidae
• Parasitaphelenchidae
• Seinuridae