FAMILY                      Deletrocephalidae Chitwood, 1969 [Railliet & Henry 1912 as tribe, 1916 as subfamily]
GENUS                              Deletrocephalus Diesing, 1851
                                   [=Delectrocephalus] [misspelling]
                                   [=Quasistrongylus Maplestone, 1932] [syn. Almeda 1935 p.137; syn. Maplestone 1935 p.335]
SPECIES                                 Deletrocephalus cesarpintoi Vaz, 1936:253 [Brazil; host Rhea americana]
TYPE SPECIES                            Deletrocephalus dimidiatus Diesing, 1851a
GENUS                              Paradeletrocephalus Freitas & Lent, 1947
SPECIES                                 Paradeletrocephalus minor Molin, 1861