Trophurus

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Rev 09/14/2023

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Body medium-sized to large.  

Lip region bullet-shaped (conoid-rounded), continuous with body contour.  SEM face view appears to be smooth, with the labial disc and labial sectors fused in a single structure (Sher & Bell, 1975).  

Stylet 10 to 20 µm long.  

Esophageal glands abutting, pyriform.  

Tail cylindroid, with a broadly rounded terminus, sometimes rather short for the family, with thick cuticle at the distal extremity.  

Females:  Have only one genital branch.  Posterior branch is atrophied to a post-uterine sac; however, the vulva is at mid-body.

Ref: Fortuner & Luc, (1987).