Mylonchulus brachyuris
Butschili, Altherr
Female, 1.6-2.1 mm; a=30-41; b=3.2-4.1; c=72-90;
V=60-65
Male, 1.6-2.1 mm; a=33-46; b=3.5-3.8; c=53-68
With the characters set out above. Head
somewhat offset by constriction; with 6 fairly prominently conical lips
each with 2 papillae. Dorsal
tooth very large; opposed by about 8 rows of transverse denticles and
2 bluntish, small, almost ventral teeth.
Tails less than an anal-body-width long, tip rounded; caudal glands
present and terminal duct
opening slightly dorsally subterminal. Ovaries paired; a large spinchter
muscle separates each uterus from its corresponding oviduct. Male
with a vental row of 12 ovoid supplements, the tips of which protrude;
a pre-anal papilla, 1 or 2 fine papillae anterior to the supplements and
4 pairs (2 subventral, 2 subdorsal) of caudal papillae also present.
Ejaculatory glands present on either side of the end of the vas defrens,
opening into cloaca. Spicules in muscular sheath; gubernaculums with
bifurcate crura.