Phylum Nematoda Gegenbaur, 1859 - round worms
   Class Secernentea Von Linstow, 1905
     Subclass Tylenchia (Thorne, 1949) Inglis, 1983
       Order Tylenchida G. Thorne, 1949
         Suborder Hoplolaimina Chizhov & Berezina, 1988
           Superfamily Hoplolaimoidea (Filipjev, 1934) Paramonov, 1967 see Superfamily Tylenchoidea Örley, 1880
             Family Hoplolaimidae Filipjev, 1934
               Subfamily Rotylenchoidinae Whitehead, 1958
                 Genus Rotylenchus Filipjev, 1936
                   Subgenus Plesiorotylenchus (Vovlas et al., 1993) M.R. Siddiqi, 2000