(Chitwood, 1957) Andrassy, 1979
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Photo Gallery- Nine-mile Prairie Photo Gallery- Homestead Nat'l Monument |
Measurements
L = 335 um; a = 7.8; b = 3.2; c = 13.4; V = 87
Description
Body posture slightly arcuate ventrally. Labial
disc protruding well beyond first annule; lip region consisting of two
annules, directed slightly forward; first lip annule slightly narrower,
12 um than second lip annule 13.4 um; anterior margin of these two annules
crenate. Lip annules considerably smaller than the first and second
body annules which are 19 um and 24.5 um wide respectively. All body
annules thick and retrorse. First body annule with 6 to 8 scales,
somewhat fused. Other body annules each with 10 scales which are
arranged in 10 longitudinal rows along the length of the body. Posterior
margins of scales appear smooth. Annules 4.5 um wide at midbody.
Excretory pore situated 123 um from anterior end of body. Width at
midbody 45.4 um. Hemizonid one annule long, situated 2 annules anterior
to excretory pore. Stylet long and slender with cupped basal knobs,
the latter 8.3 um wide and 3.1 um high. Metenchium 61.6 um long and
telenchium 12.6 um long. Spermatheca round and filled with roundish
sperm, 3 or 4 annules long and situated 9 to 12 annules anterior to vulva.
Tail 26.6 um long, tapering to a finely rounded knob.
DNA Sequences Obtained
| Specimen: | Collected: |
| KonzaIV CD-87 | Konza Prairie, First survey |
| 9Mile 2-29 AR-1 | 9 Mile Prairie, Preliminary survey |
| 9Mile 1-28 SW1-26 | 9 Mile Prairie, Preliminary survey |
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