Thorne and Malek, 1968
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Description (from Thorne and Malek, 1968)
Striae about 1 um apart. Lateral fields marked
by four extremely faint incisures, sometimes not visible. Lip
region narrow, truncate. Cephalic framework strongly cuticularized.
Spear about 10 um long with strong sloping flange-like knobs.
Cardia very small, conoid. Vulva
a deep transverse slit. Vagina extending in and forward to prominent
quadricolumella. Spermatheca a differentiated cell of the quadricolumella.
Ovary outstretched, about half its length occupied by two lines of developing
oocytes, almost filling body cavity. Tail
uniformly
tapering to small, blunt terminus.
Male with well developed bursa. Spicula about
14 um long, cephalated, resting on a slender, trough-like gubernaculum.
Boleodorus similis is immediately distinguished
from B. thylactus by its smaller size and shorter, slightly arcuate
tails. From B. volutus Lima & Siddiqi it differs in the
body being less arcuate and much larger bursa.
Habitat: Strawberry field, Agricultural Experiment
Station, Brookings, S. Dak.
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