Senegalonema

Contents

Rev 12/17/2024

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Immature females:

• Body vermiform, C-shaped.  
• Labial region high, not offset, not annulated; anterior lip annule divided into six sectors, four submedian sectors triangular, adjacent two by two, dorsally and ventrally.
• Lateral field with four lines.  
• Phasmids pore-like, near anus level.  
• Tail conoid, 2 to 2.5 body anal diameters long, more than half its length non-protoplasmic.  
• Labial framework and stylet medium-sized.  
• Dorsal esophageal gland opening about 5  to 7 µm from stylet base in the only known species.  
• Median bulb oval, with strong valve. 
• Esophageal glandular overlap mostly lateral, sometimes ventral.  
• Two genital branches outstretched (diovarial, amphidelphic). 

Mature females:

• Body posteriorly swollen, variously shaped to kidney-shaped, annulated. 
• Phasmids enlarged.
• Dorsal esophageal gland opening 5 to 8 µm from stylet.  
• Gland overlap expanded laterally.  
• Tail short, conical.  
• Vulva postequatorial.  
• Two genital branches very long, convoluted.  

Males:

• Slight secondary sexual dimorphism seen in smaller anterior end. 
• Esophagus functional. 
• Caudal alae enveloping tail end.  
• Gubernaculum with titillae.

[Ref: Fortuner, (1987).]