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- Body 1.2 mm long.
- Lip region offset,
- Stoma scleroized and flask-like.
- Odontostyle small, very slende.
- Odontophore slender and somewhat arcuate.
- Anterior portion of esophagus slender and weakly muscular and
highly convoluted (this is the main feature that separates
Paraletonchus from Leptonchus and other Leptonchidae);
separated from basal portion by a short isthmus-like constriction;
basal expansion very short, occupying only 1/10 of total esophagus length.
- Tail hemispherical
Female:
- Monodelphic, prodelphic monoprodelphic, with very long
post-vulval sac.
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