Dinetia

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Rev: 04/17/2026

• Slightly swollen anterior body for22-23% of total body length.

• Cuticle thin and smooth. Body annulation reaching the lip region and including the spiral amphids (male, female), cuticle not thickened in head region;
• No cephalic helmet  (a distinguishing characteristic)
• Cephalic adhesion tubes 15-19 without expanded base, located in cervical region.
• Buccal cavity narrow, unarmed or with small dorsal tooth
• Pharynx with well-deverloped terminal bulb with moderately thickened lumen wall.
• Posteriot adhesion tubes with bell-shaped end; all anterior to cloacal opening/anus.
• Tail cylindro-conoid with numerous annules.

1Females:

• Didelphic amphidelphic, ovaries refelexed
• Spermathecae not distinct
• Vagina short, distally sclerotized.
• Anus with flap
• Tail non-annulated at end with one subdorsal somatic seta on each side.

Males:  

• Monorchic; testis oustretched
• Spicules short, sligtly surced, capitulum round, knob-like
• Gubernaculum paired, plate-like
• Cloacal setae 2 pairs

Ref: Decraemer et al., 1997; Decraemer and Gourbault, 1997; Rho et al., 2012