Genus Xynonodectes Park & Atyeo, 1971a

Type species: Proctophyllodes (Pterodectes) gracilior Trouessart, 1885, by original designation.

Males of this genus have setae ps3 lateral or posterolateral to the adanal suckers, and these suckers are weakly sclerotized (corolla smooth); females have the anterior portion of the epigynum straight (or “square”), and epimerites I without diverging tips. Five species are known in this genus (Park & Atyeo 1971a, 1975), including the new one described below.