Belonolaimus gracilis


Belonolaimus.

Females. Median bulb is nearly spherical. Sclerotized vaginal pieces absent. Convex-conoid tail with terminus about 11.5 microns from the protoplasmic portion of the tail. Tail length is about three times the diameter of the body at the anus.

Average female measurements: Length 2.014 mm; Stylet 153 microns; body length anterior to the vulva 1.059 mm; body length posterior to the vulva 0.955 mm; length of prorhabdions 113.9 microns; length of meso- and metarhabidions 39 microns; tail length 89 microns.

Total length, anterior length, posterior length, stylet length, tail length are the averages for 209 females.

(image) a. Belonolaimus gracilis; b.Morulaimus sclerus; c. Ibipora lineatus; d. Carphodorus bilineatus. Bar represents 30 um; image from Observations On The Morphology of Belonolaiminae by M. R. Sauer, M. W. Brzeski and R. N. Chapman.