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Body slender, more or less curved ventrally.
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Cuticle ca 2 μm at anterior part of neck, 3 μm thick at midbody, 4.5–5.5
μm at postanal region; outer layer with fine transverse striae.
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Lateral chord ca 1/4 of body width. Three dorsal, two ventral and three
lateral pores in the odontostyle area.
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Lip region practically not offset, lip region width ca 20% of its
height. Lips partly fused, labial papilae slightly protruding.
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Amphidial aperture 5–6 μm wide or about half the lip region width.
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Odontostyle 1.2–1.3 times the lip region diameter, aperture occupying
35–40% of its length.
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Odontophore simple 1.3–1.7 times odontostyle length. Guiding ring at
8.5–9 μm from anterior end.
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Nerve ring surrounding the pharynx at 36–39% of neck length from head
end.
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Cardia conoid, variable in length,
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Genital system didelphic-amphidelphic,
ovaries reflexed, reaching rarely the vulva level.
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Oviducts and ovaries very long compared to
uteri.
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Vulva transverse. Vagina extending to 60–70%
inwards: pars proximalis 9–13
μm wide, 14.5–19.5 μm long, pars
refringens more or less rounded
trapezoid, 10–12.5 μm wide, 4–6 μm deep; pars
distalis approx. 1.5 μm
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Rectum 1.3–1.5, prerectum 3–4 times anal body
width long, respectively.
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Tail first conoid, then more or less uniformly
tapering to a narrowly rounded terminus. Posterior part of tail usually
slightly curved dorsally. Two pairs of caudal pores, one subventral,
other subdorsal
General morphology similar to that of female
Genital system diorchic, testes opposed, well
developed.
Spicules dorylaimoid, with double contour on
dorsal arm, 1.3–1.6 times the corresponding body diameter long; ventral
arm smaller than dorsal. A spur present dorsally before the distal tip,
distinctly visible in extruded spicules. Lateral guiding pieces 9-11 μm
long or ca. 23 % spicule length.
In addition to adcloacal pair seven to twelve
(mostly nine or ten), regularly spaced ventromedian supplements present
Prerectum 4.5–7.5 times the corresponding body
diameter long, extending 0.7–1.8 body widths anterior to the supplement
series.
Tail dorsally conoid and broadly rounded.
One subdorsal and one subterminal pair of
caudal pores.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from forested areas in Bulgaria.
Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian
Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.
Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S.
Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline
for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.