Female:
Median bulb
well-developed.
Excretory pore level with center of median bulb
Basal esophageal bulb elongate-pyriform. Not overlapping intestine. .
Ovaries paired, outstretched, spermathecae present.
Tail tapering abruptly then elongate conoid.
Male: Similar to female.
Spicules
and gubernaculum slightly arcuate.
Males have unique caudal alae,
well-developed. Tail tip not bifurcate.
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Dolichodorus nigerisnsis a-anterior end, b-tail, and e-head
of female; d-posterior end and spicules of male; e-lateral field
of female. Source: Luc and Caveness, 1963 |