Rhynchodemini is a tribe of

land planarians Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms. These flatworms are mainly predators of other invertebrates, which they hunt, attack and capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive proper ...

in the subfamily

Rhynchodeminae Rhynchodeminae is a subfamily of land planarians with a worldwide distribution. Phylogeny and systematics Based on morphological evidence, especially the presence of a single pair of eyes, the subfamily Rhynchodeminae initially encompassed only ...

Description

The tribe Rhynchodemini is defined as containing land planarians with an elongate, cylindroid form, two eyes near the anterior end and strong subepithelial musculature in which the longitudinal fibers are grouped into large bundles. The copulatory apparatus lacks a penis papilla or has it greatly reduced.

Genera

The tribe Rhynchodemini contains six genera: *'' Anisorhynchodemus'' Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003 *'' Cotyloplana'' Spencer, 1892 *'' Digonopyla'' Fischer, 1926 *'' Dolichoplana'' Moseley, 1877 *'' Platydemus'' von Graff, 1896 *'' Rhynchodemus'' Leidy, 1851

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21214699 Geoplanidae