Abstract
Plesioungella kathleenae gen. n. et sp. n. is described from the coelom of the earthworm Fletcherodrilus unicus (Fletcher, 1889), collected in New South Wales. It represents the first nematode of the superfamily Drilonematoidea described from Australia. P. kathleenae gen. n. et sp. n. is characterised by the presence of two thin hooks on the anterior body end, large circular suckers on the tail, and small spines on the eggshell. The male of P. kathleenae gen. n. et sp. n. differs from all other ungellids by the two rows of subventral papillae on the tail and the unusual spicula with ventro‐lateral pieces. Juveniles and a single female of an undescribed thelastomatid nematode were also found in the same earthworm host.
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