Subgenus Rhynchelmis

Included species: Rhynchelmis limosella Hoffmeister; R. brachycephala Michaelsen; R. granuensis Hrabĕ, 1954; R. komareki Hrabĕ, 1927; R. tetratheca Michaelsen, 1921; R. vagensis Hrabĕ, 1961; R. vejdovskyi Hrabĕ & Černosvitov, 1926 .

Apomorphies: Longitudinal muscles with lateral margins curled; strong dorsolateral-transverse muscles; vasa deferentia with thickened, glandular epithelium; spermathecal ampullae with anterior diverticulum; accessory organ in preatrial segment (absent in some species).