Abstract
The group of nematodes with walls of the stoma (pharynx)
or vestibule cuticularized was first classified under
the subfamily Actinolaiminae (family Dorylaimidae) by
Thorne in 1939. Meyl raised it to family status in
1961 and in 1967 Thorne erected the superfamily Actino=
laimoidea to accomodate this group of nenatodes under
the Dorylaimida.
In this dissertation the validity of the superfamily is
questioned. The classification of this group by Thorne
(1967), Ferris (1971) and Andrássy (1976) are compared
and the present taxonomy of the group is criticized.
The group of actinolaims is considered as a family under
the superfamily Dorylaimoidea by the author and a rearran=
gement of the genera is proposed.
M.A. (Zoology)