Tylencholaimus teres
Thorne, 1939
Measurements (from Thorne, 1974)
L = 0.8 mm; a = 20; b = 4.7; c = 58; B = 51
Description (from Thorne, 1974)
Body practically straight when relaxed. Lips
set off by constriction, conical, the region about 1/3 width of neck base.
Spear length 1/3 head width with well knobbed extensions. Esophagus
enlarged in posterior half by gradual expansion. Cardia cylindroid,
1/3 body width. Ovaries reflexed about halfway to vulva. Eggs
were 30 x 80 um. Tail hemispheroid. Male not collected.
Specimens slightly smaller, 0.8 : 1.0 mm, than those from Utah.
Habitat: Native grass sod and cultivated
soil from Opal and Emmig, South Dakota; Fargo, North Dakota; Elizabeth,
Minnesota and Columbus, Nebraska.
DNA Sequences Obtained
