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A new genus of dorylaim nematodes, Kunjudorylaivms gen. nov. along with two new species belonging to the Superfamily Dorylaimoidea, are described from Karnataka, India. The new genus has a peculiar body posture which is straight in its anterior part but curved posteriorly; lips are rounded, lip region is smooth and continuous with body, labial papillae are not raised; amphids are bilobed, fovea duplex; cardiac disc is present; female reproductive organs are amphidelphic; ventromedian supplements are weakly developed and spaced; and tails are long filiform in both sexes. The type species, K. kunjui sp. nov. is 2.0-2.4 mm, odontostyle 20-22 µm, odontophore 31-34 µm, spicules 32-37 µm long, prerectum in females 4-6 anal body widths long and ventromedian supplements numbering 11-13. K. srinii sp. nov. is 1.6-1.9 mm, odontostyle 15-16 µm, odontophore 23-25 µm, spicules 29-31 µm long; prerectum in females 3-4 anal body widths long and ventromedian supplements numbering 8-10.