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Male:
- Reproductive system monorchic. Testis
reflexed ventrad anteriorly.
- Tail with anterior section conical qnd posterior
very slender to filiform.
- Bursa leptoderan, opened anteriorly, with
nine pairs of genital papillae (1 + 2 precloacal and 1 + 2 + 1 + 2
postcloacal); bases of papillae 2-3 and 5-6 fused.
- Spicules fused terminally, manubrium wider than
long,
- Gubernaculum with marked dorsal angle.
Ref: Abolafia and Pena-Santiago, 2009
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Female:
- Cuticle with transverse and longitudinal striae
forming small square marks.
- Lip region continuous with body contour.
- Lips rounded with thin setae.
- Stoma rhabditoid. Cheilostom wide, gymnostom
slightly wider than long, stegostom cylindrical; metastegostom
bearing glottoid apparatus with minute teeth.
- Esophangeal corpus with procorpus cylindrical and
metacorpus swollen; procorpus 1.5 times longer than metacorpus.
- Isthmus wide, tapering gradually from metacorpus
to junction with basal bulb.
- Basal bulb ovoid, with valves at its midpoint.
- Cardia very small, conoid, surrounded by
intestinal tissue.
- Excretory pore at 82% of neck length.
- Reproductive system didelphicamphidelphic.
Each ovary with a flexure.
- Oviduct slightly longer than corresponding body
diam., distal portion swollen and containing spermatozoa.
- Uterus tubular, ca twice as long as body diam.,
also containing spermatozoa.
- Vagina with thin walls, extending inwards
one-fourth to one-third of body diam.
- Vulva somewhat elevated.
- Tail very long, filiform. Phasmid situated at
14-15% of tail length.
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