| SEM face view with labial disc lemon-shaped;
first labial annule
divided into six sectors, lateral sectors smaller, submedian sectors
somewhat flattened. Labial region without deep, longitudinal
indentations.
Stylet elongate, 60 to 100 µm long. Cone is 60 to 80% of
total stylet length.
Labial framework always weak.
Procorpus
thickened to accommodate the long stylet, and separated from the median bulb
by a constriction; median bulb with strong valve.
Esophageal
glands overlapping beginning of intestine.
Tail sometimes short for a member of the
Dolichodoridae(c' = 2 to
3), tail shape varies from cylindroid, with a broadly rounded
terminus, to almost conoid.
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