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Females:
- Monodelphic, prodelphic
- Vulva with anterior and posterior cuticular inflation,
2.5-2.8% TBL from posterior end.
- Ovijector with 2 parts; vagina vera short, vagina
uterina longer,
- Tail short, 65–106 um long, rounded, curved slightly
dorsally.
- Eggs oval, thick shelled, embryonated
Males:
- Posterior end of body curved. Caudal alae well
developed, 5.2-5.9% TBL, with irregular dotted
ornamentations.
- Four pairs of preanal and 5 pairs of postanal
pedunculate papillae; sixth pair of postanal papillae
sessile, smaller, internal to fifth pair.
- Spicules unequal and dissimilar. Left spicule 1.4 -1.6
mm long, slender, with 3 protuberances on distal end; right
spicule 152-171 um long, broad with simple distal end. Ratio
of right spicule-left spicule 1:9.3.
Ref: Zhang et al., 2003
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| Syncuaria mycteriae 1.
Anterior female, lateral view. 2. Posterior male, lateral view.
3. Tail terminus male, ventral view. 4. Posterior male, lateral
with relative lengths of spicules. 5. Distal end of left
spicule. 6. Posterior female, lateral view. Bars: 1, 4, 6 5 100
um; 2, 3, 5 5 50 um. Drawings from Zhang et al., 2003 |
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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