Genus Hopperia Vitiello, 1969

Diagnosis (modified from Jensen (1979))

Dorylaimopsinae . Cuticle with lateral differentiation of irregularly-spaced larger dots, sometimes arranged in transverse rows; posterior portion of buccal cavity cylindrical, with three thorn-like teeth at border to anterior portion (except in H. hexadentata Hope & Zhang, 1995 which has six teeth); ovaries usually outstretched, reflexed ovaries sometimes present; spicules arcuate; gubernaculum with caudal or dorso-caudal apophyses.

Type species

Hopperia massiliensis Vitiello, 1969