L = 0.9 mm; V = 81
Body slightly arcuate when relaxed by gentle heat. Lip region about
1/2 as high as wide. Spear about 12u long with small but distinct
knobs. Male slightly shorter than female with more cylindroid body. Bursa
rising about opposite proximal ends of spicula and extending about 1/3
tail length. Tails of both sexes ending in a fine pointed, rarely slightly
rounded, terminus. Ditylenchus valveus is distinctive because of
its unusually long tails, 6 lines in lateral field and conspicuous valvular
apparatus of entrance to uterus.
