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Medium sized nematode (0.8-1.1 mm long). .
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Cuticle thick at anterior portion and on tail with very fine
transverse striations.
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Lip region amalgamated, truncate, almost continuous or slightly set
off by minute depression from body, with slight to moderate
sclerotisation.
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Amphids stirrup-shaped.
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Odontostyle straight, moderately developed, not massive or wide,
thickened dorsally and at tip, aperture distinct, more than
one-third of the odontostyle length.
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Guiding ring ‘double’.
- Odontophore rod-like
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Expanded portion of pharynx 38-42% of pharynx length..
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Dorsal pharyngeal gland nucleus very prominent, near the beginning
of cylindrus; cardia conoid to rounded.
- Tail shape
dissimilar in female and male.
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Male:
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Dorylaimoid spicules.
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Supplements consist of 10–13 ventromedians arranged in a
regularly spaced series and an adanal pair.posterior
- Tail
of males strongly ventrally curved, short, convex-conoid,
with rounded terminus..
Reference: Sen et al., 2012
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Female:
- Didelphic, Aphidelphic,
both genital branches well developed and functional.
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Vulva transverse. Vagina with moderate distal sclerotisation
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Tail short, convex-conoid ending in a straight, abruptly
narrow, finely rounded spike-like terminus
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