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Female:
- Body cylindrical
- Cuticle with distinct annuli; lateral field with four
incisures, forming three simple bands. Deirids absent.
- Cephalic region rounded at corners, 4-6 um high, 7-9 um wide,
offset from body by constriction, with 5-6 striae; cephalic
framework weakly sclerotised.
- Stylet conus 50% ofstylet length and with posteriorly sloping
basal knobs.
- Dorsal gland orifice located about 1.8 um postarior to stylet
knobs. Procorpus slender, median bulb ellipsoid, with prominent
valve plates, isthmus narrower than procorpus, pharyngeal bulb
saccate and offset from intestine. Cardia small.
- Nerve ring at mid-isthmus level.
- Secretoryexcretory pore at level of anterior of pharyngeal
bulb
- Hemizonid located one annulus anterior to excretory
pore.
- Didelphic-amphidelphic, both branches equally developed.
- Ovaries outstretched, oviduct slender, spermatheca spheroid,
filled with spheroid sperm
- Vulva in a caviity, with epiptygma.
- Phasmids conspicuous, located 8-11 annuli posterior to
anus
- Tail subcylindrical with 14-18 annuli; tip smooth. .
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Male:
- Abundant
- General morphology similat to female except tail shape.
- No sexual dimorphism in anterior region. Spicules paired,
slender, slightly ventrally curved.
- Gubernaculum crescent shaped.
- Bursa with finely crenate margin, reaching tail terminus
Ref: Sheikhzadeh et al., 2022
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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