Eudorylaimus brevis
Altherr, Andrassy
Photo Gallery- Konza Prairie

3 females: L=.98 mm + .06 (.90-1.02); w=36.3 um + 2.3 (33-38); e=292 um + 3 (290-295); t=46.0 m + 4.3 (40-50); a=27.0 + .7 (26.8-27.3); b=3.36 + .18 (3.10-3.52); c=21.4 + .9 (20.4-22.5); V=54.4% + 1.1 (53.3-55.9).

Body curved ventrally when relaxed; anterior end of body curved weakly; posterior curved more strongly.  Body diameter increases from lips to base of esophagus 2.3 + .2 times.  Lip width 14.2 um +  .7.  Lips set off from body by weak to moderate constriction and lips fairly well separated from each other.  Lips angular with rounded papillae protruding slightly.  Amphids obscure.  Cuticle faintly annulated; thickness at mid-body 2.7 um + .2.  Cuticle thickness at head same as or little less than at mid-body; thickness at tail greater than at mid-body.  Cuticle divided into thin outer layer and thicker inner layer.  Lateral cord width of two females 10 um and 12 um.

Spear length 16.9 um + 3.  Width of spear 2.0 um + 0.  Spear aperture 30 % + 0 of spear length.  Lengths of spear extensions of two females 25 um each.  Guiding sheath slightly everted when spear is completely retracted; anterior attachment of sheath ring-like.  Esophagus enlarges gradually between narrow anterior and wide posterior portions; enlargement begins at 42% + 1 of esophagus length from base.  Cardia cylindrical; 10 um long.  Intestinal cells obscure.  Rectum length 25 um + 5.  Prerectum length 50 um + 9.  Anal body diameter 22 um + 0.  Tail arcuate-conical with narrow rounded tip.  Tail bent ventrally 90 degrees from body axis.  Two caudal papillae.

Anterior bunch of reproductive system of one female 14% of body length; posterior branch of same female 12%.  Gonads reflexed 40% and 50%.  Sclerotized pieces of vulval labia obscure.  Dimensions of eggs observed in oviducts of two females 27 x 78 m and 27 x 80 m.