Basiria obliqua (Thorne and Malek, 1968) Fotedar and Mahajan, 1973

• Female: L = 0.9 mm; a = 34; b = 6.6; c = 6.3 -7.3; V = 66-73
• Male: L = 0.9 mm; a = 40; b = 6.1; c = 6.3; T = 60

Lips without annules. Amphid apertures oblique. Spear 12u-14u long with well developed knobs. Tails of both sexes elongate conoid with minutely rounded terminus.

Recorded by Thorne: Native sod near Dunniston, North Dakota, Barnesville, Minnesota, and pond bank, Rt. 281 West, south of Armourdale, North Dakota