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Female:
- Body almost straight.
- Labial region with two annuli, 2 μm high × 7 μm widee, offset
from body by a slight constriction.
- Stylet with ellipsoidal knobs.
- DEGO 2- 2.5 μm posterior to stylet base.
- Metacorpus oval, 11-13 μm high × 8.5-11 μm in diam.
- Isthmus slender, encircled by nerve ring in upper part, located
just posterior to metacorpus.
- Pharyngeal gland lobe overlapping intestine ventrally.
- Lateral fields with four incisures, not areolated.
- Gonad 144-240 μm or 32-47% of body length; spermatheca small,
rounded or oval, filled with sperm; Post-uterine sac about 1.5
body diam. long.
- Tail bluntly pointed or subacute, with smooth terminus.
Male:
- Body similar to female but slightly smaller.
- Lip region slightly offset, 2 μm high and 5.7 μm broad, with two
annuli (second annulus higher than first).
- Stylet more slender and shorter than in female, with minute,
slightly cupped knobs.
- Hemizonid just anterior to secretory-excretory pore,
hemizonion eight annuli posterior to it.
- Lateral field with four smooth lines.
- Testis outstretched, 238 μm long.
- Tail conoid, with narrowed hyaline tip, 4 μm long.
- Spicules arcuate, weakly cephalated, gubernaculum simple,
slightly arcuate.
- Caudal alae extend to tail tip.
Ref: De Luca et al., 2010.
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