Genus Paravulvus
Heyns, 1968
Diagnosis: Small-sized nematodes usually less
than 2.0 mm. Body ventrally curved, more so in posterior half.
Cuticle, sub-cuticle or both with distinct transverse striations.
Lip region continuous with body contour or slightly set off by depression,
usually wider than body here. Tooth usually deltoid, rarely solididentoid
type in some species, equal to or less than width of lip region.
Sheath enveloping basal expanded part of oesophagus inconspicuous.
Oesophageal gland nuclei exceptionally large and distinct. Cardia
absent; cardiac glands ovoid with their long axis parallel to body length.
Large sub-dorsal organs present at base of oesophagus. Female reproductive
system amphidelphic. Vulva longitudinal. Ventral body pores,
anterior and posterior to vulva, transformed into special organs called
"paravulvae". Number of paravulvae variable. Males with massive
spicules, slender gubernaculum and well-developed ventromedian supplements.
Tail bluntly rounded, short to elongate-conoid and ventrally curved; similar
in sexes.
Type species: Paravulvus acuticaudatus (Thorne,
1930) Thorne, 1974.
-From Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1992
Species found: at:
