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Females:
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7.2-10 mm long, 119-181 um wide
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Vulva opens 139-165 um from tail tip; large plug
of material covers ventral surface from vulva to tail tip in most
specimens
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Tail may be flexed ventrally.
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Monodelphic ovejector with short vagina,
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Tail bluntly conical 41.0–80.0 um long.
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Eggs thin-shelled ellipsoidal, numerous eggs in
utero, 51.0 x 37.4 um
Ref:
Smales, 2019
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Males:
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Length 5.4-8.5 mm, maximum width 102-148
um. C
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Bursa asymmetrical, left lobe larger,
pattern of rays 2-3, dorsal lobe shorter than laterals, dorsal ray
asymmetrical, divided at about 1/3 its length, each branch dividing
again at tip, terminal divisions rays 9, 10 symmetrical, rays 8
asymmetrical left ray larger, arising from dorsal trunk at about same
level as dorsal ray divides; lateral rays 6 curved dorsally, 4, 5
ventrally, rays 4 largest, rays 2, 3 diverge ventrally, reaching margin
of bursa.
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Genital cone simple, ventral lip longer.
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Spicules equal, filiform, 440-550 um long,
tips simple curved.
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Gubernaculum not symmetrical, dorsal edge
shorter and thicker than ventral edge 28.9 um long..
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