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Females:
- Similar to male ibut without ventral and lateral alae.
- Didelphic, amphidelphic with equally-developed genital
branches,ovaries reflexed.
- Anterior genital branch situated
to left of intestine, posterior one to right of intestine.
- Vagina with tubular vagina uterina with sphincter muscle and
short, well-cuticularised vagina vera.
Ref: Gharahkhani et al., 2021
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Males:
- Body cylindrical, with yellowish to brownish
color.
- Cuticle finely annulated, with lateral alae from about
66% of body length to cloacal aperture. Ventral ala
present,extending anteriorly about 412 um from cloaca.
- Cephalic capsule smooth, convex, with cuticle gradually
thickening posteriorly.
- Mouth opening in a depression surrounded by 12 cuticle folds
- Six inner labial papillae and six outer
labial setae; four cephalic setae; four subcephalic papillae
on posterior region of cephalic capsule
- Amphidial fovea large, spiral, with 4.0-4.5 turns,
located in middle of cephalic capsule.
- Buccal
cavity a large anterior dorsal tooth, a
small posterior dorsal tooth and a medium-sized
ventrosublateral tooth.
- Pharynx slender, muscular
throughout its length, with swollen posterior
bulb with cuticularised lumen divided into three sections.
- Cardia large.
- Nerve
ring surrounding pharynx between qanterior end and
mid-pharynx.
- Monorchic,
testis anteriorly outstretched, on right of intestine.
- Spicules strongly cuticularised, elongated, 1.3 x
cloacal body diam.
- Gubernaculum simple, lacking
apophysis.
- Three caudal glands.
- Tail conical, distal tip
smooth, spinneret distinct
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