Phylum Nematoda Gegenbaur, 1859 - round worms
Class Secernentea Von Linstow, 1905
Subclass Tylenchia (Thorne, 1949) Inglis, 1983
Order Tylenchida G. Thorne, 1949
Suborder Criconematina Siddiqi, 1980
Superfamily Criconematoidea Taylor, 1936 (1914)
Family Criconematidae Taylor, 1936 (1914)
Subfamily Macroposthoniinae Skarbilovich, 1959
Genus Macroposthonia De Man, 1880