Linhystera Juario, 1974

Yanwei, Lv, Wen, Guo & Mengna, Wang, 2024, Description of two new nematode species: Ingenia major sp. nov. (Tripyloididae) and Linhystera filiformis sp. nov. (Xyalidae) from an intertidal beach of the Yellow China Sea, Zootaxa 5507 (3), pp. 456-466 : 461

Genus Linhystera Juario, 1974

Diagnosis (modified based on Fonseca & Bezerra, 2014 and Yu et al. 2014) Cuticle finely striated. Anterior sensilla in two circles (six + ten): inner labial papilla in one circle and difficult to recognize, outer labial setae and cephalic setae in the other circle with the same length. Four subcephalic setae might be present. Buccal cavity minute and slit-like. Amphidial fovea circular. Female reproductive system monorchic with an outstreched ovary to the left of intestine. Male reproductive system monorchic with the gonad to the left of intestine. Posterior testis reduced or absent. Spicules simple and slender. Gubernaculum apophysis absent or present. Tail filiform with three terminal setae.