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Males:
Not found.
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Female:
- Cuticle smooth, 2-3 µm thick along the body.
- Lateral chords about one-third of body width at mid body.
- Lip region offset, distinctly wider than adjoining body. Labial
papillae projecting slightly above labial contour.
- Amphids cup-shaped with slit-like aperture, slightly anterior to
the dorsal tooth apex.
- Buccal cavity thick-walled, barrel-shaped, slightly narrow at
base, about 1.9-2.0 times as long as wide.
- Dorsal tooth moderately developed, anteriorly directed, its tip
at 83-87% from base of stoma.
- Vertical subventral plates with denticles. The denticles near
the base of vertical plates distinctly larger than the upper ones
with a gradual decrease in size from lower to upper.
- Oblique subventral walls of buccal cavity with two foramina
each.
- Excretory pore distinct, at 35-37% of neck length from anterior
end. An excretory cell directly connected to the excretory
pore.
- Genital system amphidelphic; both branches almost equally
developed. Ovary reflexed, measuring 69-138 µm (anterior) and
115-157 µm (posterior) with oocytes arranged in a single row except
near tip.
- Oviduct with distinct pars dilatata.
- No trace of sperms either in uterus or oviduct.
- Vagina extending about one-fourth of the corresponding body
width; pars proximalis vaginae 6.5-7.0 µm long, encircled by
circular muscles; pars refringens vaginae with triangular
sclerotization, pars distalis vaginae 2.0 µm.
- Rectum 0.8- 0.9 times the anal body width long.
- Tail elongate-conoid, ventrally arcuate, 1.9-2.2 anal body
widths long. Caudal glands tandem; spinneret terminal.
Ref: Olia et al., 2008
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