Africanema Vincx & Furstenberg, 1988

Leduc, Daniel, Zhao, Zeng Qi & Sinniger, Frederic, 2020, Halanonchus scintillatulus sp. nov. from New Zealand and a review of the suborder Trefusiina (Nematoda: Enoplida), European Journal of Taxonomy 661 (661), pp. 1-45 : 22-23

Genus Africanema Vincx & Furstenberg, 1988

Diagnosis (from Vincx & Furstenberg 1988 and Shi & Xu 2017)

Halanonchinae . Cuticle striated. Lips may be deeply incised. Anterior sensilla in three separate circles; jointed or simple inner labial sensilla, jointed outer labial setae at level of buccal cavity, and jointed or simple cephalic setae at level of amphids. Amphideal fovea elongate. Buccal cavity large, cylindrical, with thickly cuticularized walls, uncompartmentalized, without teeth. Papillose pharyngeal supplements may be present. Papillose precloacal supplements present. Gubernaculum present or absent. Two species.

Type species

Africanema interstitiale Vincx & Furstenberg, 1988 .

Other valid species

A. multipapillatum Shi & Xu, 2017 .