Subfamily Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1907

Arwidsson 1907; Day 1967; Rouse 1990

Diagnosis. Nuchal grooves straight or curved. No cephalic plate. Pygidium a foliaceous plate or sunken in a funnel that is crenulate or rimmed with cirri. Segments without collars. Neuropodial hooks usually in single row.