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Female:
- Lip region rounded, with three annules.
- Stylet stout, knobs large, cupped anteriorly.
- Median bulb oval, valve conspicuous.
- Esophageal glands elongated, overlapping intestine; dorsal gland
nucleus near middle of lobe, subventral nuclei in the posterior
portion.
- Hemizonid near esophago-intestinal junction, the excretory pore
immediately behind the hemizonid; hemizonion distinct, at about 60%
of the gland lobe.
- Gonad out-stretched; spermatheca square or oval to elongated
usually filled with sperm.
- Postuterine sac elongated, about 2 times the body width at the
vulva.
- Tail conoid with terminus coarsely annulated or consisting
of a large terminal annule.
- Pphasmid centered in lateral field about midway on the tail.
- Lateral field of four incisures, usually becoming three on the
tail.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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Male:
- Similar to female, but shorter, more slender, and with a
slightly more delicate stylet.
- Gonad outstretched.
- Spicules relatively robust, evenly curved, partially cephalated;
velum prominent, well developed.
- Ggubernaculum curved, linear.
- Caudal alae crenate, enveloping tail.
- Phasmids near the middle of the tail.
- Lateral field hardly extending past the spicules.
Ref: Bernard, 1984.
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