Tylolaimophorus Genus page

Genus Tylolaimophorus
De Man, 1880
Syn.: Triplonchium Cobb, 1920

Diagnosis: Body less than 2.0 mm long, contents very dense, often masking details. Spear and extension tubular in section, dorsal and ventral sectors not fused anteriorly, base of extension knobbed, dorsal sector somewhat widened and pointed. Guiding apparatus a complex, arched structure attached to short tubular section. Amphids elongate, with ellipsoidal aperature and large fusus; canalis amphidialis almost absent. Oesophagus a slender tube expanding posteriorly to form pyriform basal bulb. Female reproductive system amphidelphid. Vulva transverse. Spicules strongly curved, supplied with spiral protractor muscles. Supplements vestigial.

Type species: Tylolaimophorus typicus De Man, 1880

Other species:
        T. bulgaricum (Andrassy, 1958) Goodey, 1963
            Syn.: Triplonchium bulgaricum Andrassy, 1958
        T. constrictus Sauer, 1968
        T. corpulentus Eroshenko and Teplyakov, 1977
        T. curvicaudatus Eroshenko and Teplyakov, 1977
        T. cylindricum (Cobb, 1920) Goodey, 1963
            Syn.: Triplonchium cylindricum Cobb, 1920
        T. digitatus Husain and Khan, 1967
        T. indicus Husain and Khan, 1967
        T. minor (Thorne, 1939) Goodey, 1963
            Syn.: Triplonchium minor Thorne, 1939
        T. obtusicaudatum (Sch.-Stekhoven and Teunissen, 1938)
            Syn.: Triplonchium obtusicaudatum Sch.-Stekhoven and Teunissen, 1938
        T. parvum (Thorne, 1939) n. comb.
            Syn.: Triplonchium parvum Thorne, 1939
        T. pilcatum (Andrassy, 1961) Arpin, 1973
            Syn.: Triplonchium pilcatum Andrassy, 1961
        T. pugio Sauer, 1968
        T. tegmentum (Ivanova, 1980) n. comb.
            Syn.: Triplonchium tegmentum Ivanova, 1980

(Description- Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992)