Phylum Nematoda Gegenbaur, 1859 - round worms
   Class Secernentea Von Linstow, 1905
     Subclass Tylenchia (Thorne, 1949) Inglis, 1983
       Order Tylenchida G. Thorne, 1949
         Suborder Tylenchinaᵀ Chitwood, 1950
           Infraorder Tylenchataᵀ (Thorne, 1949) M.R. Siddiqi, 2000
             Superfamily Tylenchoideaᵀ Örley, 1880
               Family Ecphyadophoridae Skarbilovich, 1959
                 Subfamily Ecphyadophoroidinae Siddiqi, 1986
                   Genus Chilenchus M.R. Siddiqi, 2000