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Female
- Body slightly arcuate ventrally from vulval
level.
- Head region annuli rounded.
- Lip region composed of 2-3 annuli. Lips
appeari to be separate.
- Head somewhat rounded and continuous
with body.
- Stylet knobs well developed, rounded,
slightly sloping posteriorly
- Excretory pore posterior close to base of
pharyngeal basal gland .
- Vulval lips well developed. In young adults,
vulval lips and vulval sleeve indistinct, vulva closed or covered by
cuticle, with outer cuticle raised above body contour. In mature
adults, vulval sleeve 1-3 annuli long,
- Ovary single, anteriorly outstretched,
infrequently reflexed.
- Spermatheca rounded, filled with sperm,.
- Tail elongated, slightly convex
dorso-ventrally, tapering abruptly towards posterior third to a
conoid and uniformly narrowing part with a rounded terminus. Tail
annulation distinct and smaller than body annulation
- Cuticular sheath attached at head and vulval
region, mostly loosely fitting anteriorly around pharyngeal region
and dorsal side of body, fully detached in post-vulval body region.
. Lateral field with one prominent line. Two more lines appearing ca
10-15 annuli posterior excretory pore level, running throughout body
length to upper vulval region, often forming one or two rows of
blocks along most of body length.
ref: Mwamula et al (2020)
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