{{Short description|Genus of roundworms}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Proleptus |authority = Dujardin, 1845 }}
'''''Proleptus''''' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Physalopteridae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Proleptus Dujardin, 1845 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2284436 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />
Species:<ref name="GBIF" />
*''Proleptus acutus'' {{small|Dujardin, 1845}} *''Proleptus anabantis'' {{small|Pearse, 1933}} *''Proleptus australis'' {{small|Baylis, 1933}} *''Proleptus carvajali'' {{small|Fernandez & Villalba, 1985}} *''Proleptus coronatus'' {{small|(van Beneden, 1858)}} *''Proleptus elegans'' {{small|(Örley, 1885)}} *''Proleptus gordioides'' {{small|van Beneden, 1858}} *''Proleptus inflatus'' {{small|(Linstow, 1890)}} *''Proleptus mackenziei'' {{small|Williams & Richards, 1978}} *''Proleptus malayi'' {{small|Sandosham, 1954}} *''Proleptus minutus'' {{small|(van Beneden, 1871)}} *''Proleptus niedmanni'' {{small|Torres & Grandjean, 1983}} *''Proleptus obtusus'' {{small|Dujardin, 1845}} *''Proleptus problematicus'' {{small|Kreis, 1940}} *''Proleptus rajae'' {{small|(Diesing, 1851)}} *''Proleptus robustus'' {{small|(van Beneden, 1871)}} *''Proleptus soridus'' {{small|Lent & Freitas, 1948}} *''Proleptus tortus'' {{small|Linstow, 1906}} *''Proleptus trygonorrhinae'' {{small|Johnston & Mawson, 1943}}
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Category:Rhabditida genera