Neotonchus melotridus 7: Male head, lateral view; 8: Male head,
sunventral view; 9-10: Esophageal bulb; 11: Male tail; 12: Left spicule; 13:
Right spicule
Neotonchus phaleratus 14: Male head; 15: Female head; 16:
Esophageal bulb; 17: Male tail; 18: Female tail
Drawings from Wieser and Hopper, 1966 |
Females:
- Didelphic,
amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed.
Ref:: Wieser and Hopper, 1966
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Males:
- Monorchic, testis aoutstretched
- Spicules of very characteristic shape, proximal two-thirds fairly
straight and nearly uniform thickness, distal third narrowed,
cylindroid, and with a slightly S-shaped curvature.
- Preanal supplements large, well-developed, cup-shaped.
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