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- Medium-sized
body about for the genus, about 600-700 um long
Female:
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Cephalic region rounded. secretory-excretory pore near anterior
third of pharyngeal bulb.
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Didelphic, amphidelphic with reflexed ovaries,
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Spermatheca oval specimens, filled with sperm,
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Vulva pore-like,
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Vagina, more or less rhomboid in shape and 28-60% of body diam.
long, vaginal sclerotisation pieces oval to rounded triangular in
longitudinal optical section, well separated by invaginated body
cuticle and 2.0-2.5 μm in length.
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One pair of anterior advulvar lateral body pores (LBP) and one pair
of postadvulvar LBP present.
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Tail very short and hemispherical. One pair of caudal pores present
subterminally.
Male
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Cuticle moderately swollen.
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Cephalic region rounded with three ventromedian cervical
papillae,anteriormost CP in onchiostyle region, the second slightly
posterior to base of pharyngostome, and third located within isthmus
region
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Lateral cervical pore present on both sides anterior to first
cervical; papilla.
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Monorchic, testis with sperm 6.0-12 um long.
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Spicules with wide manubrium, blade with conspicuous narrower part
about mid-spicule with bristles, blade gradually tapering to distal
end with septum.
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Gubernaculum very thin, corpus with keel-like distal thickening.
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Three ventromedian precloacal supplements located anterior to
retracted spicules. A pair of postcloacal supplements located just
posterior to cloacal opening and a pair of caudal pores located just
posterior to it.
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Tail 50% of cloacal body diam., terminal cuticle not thickened
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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