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Diagnosis Hofsteniidae with pharynx one-half the body length (figure 3c); pharynx musculature well developed (figure 3c);seminal vesicles enclosed in a thick muscular wall (figure 3f1,f2); dorsal body wall with two longitudinal furrows (figures 1b and3a). Testes diffuse (figure 3g). [details]
Etymology The generic name ‘Hoftherma’ is derived from elements of the Hofsteniidae family name and the Latin word‘therma’, which means hot spring, from the Greek therme. [details]