Males:
- Similar in appearance to females.
- Monorchic, testis outstretched spermatocytes serially arranged.
- Spicules paired, ventrally arcuate, cephalated, 15-18 um
long.
- Gubernaculum simple, 7-9 um long
- Bursa subcaudal, starting anterior to level of head of spicules
Ref: Husain and Khan, 1967
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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Females:
- Body cylindrical, regularly tapering towards both extremities.
- Cuticle finely annulated. Lateral field marked by five incisures.
- Lip region continuous with the body contour, flat and rounded.
- Stylet weakly developed with knobs, 10-11 um long. DEGO close to
stylet base.
- Esophageal corpus slender, cylindrical; oval valvulated median
bulb.
- Basal esophageal bulb slightly overlapping the intestine
ventrally.
- Isthmus encircled by a nerve ring.
- Excretory pore situated near the beginning of the basal esophageal
bulb.
- Hemizonid 2-3 body annules long, situated just anterior to the
excretory pore.
- Monodelphic, prodelphic, ovary outstretched with oocytes arranged
in a single file; rounded spermatheca
- Vulva a transverse slit.
- Postuterine sac extending half of vulva-anus distance.
- Tail convex-conoid ending in a subacute terminus.
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