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Clarkus

Clarkus Jairajpuri, 1970 (ref. ID; 5938)

Family Mononchidae (ref. ID; 5938)

ref. ID; 5938

Definition

Lips and labial papillae prominent. Buccal cavity barrel shaped with nondenticulated ventral ridge. Dorsal tooth apex directed anteriorly, located in anterior half of cavity. Esophagointestinal junction nontuberculate. Female didelphic, ovaries reflexed. Tails of both sexes similar, conoid, ventrally arcuate. Caudal glands absent. Male described for most species. (ref. ID; 5938)

Type species

Clarkus papillatus (Bastian, 1865) Jairajpuri, 1970 (ref. ID; 5938)

Nominal species

15. (ref. ID; 5938)

ref. ID; 6155, 6859

Predator. (ref. ID; 6155, 6859)
  1. Clarkus papillatus (Bastian) (ref. ID; 1756) or (Bastian, 1865) Jairajpuri, 1970 (ref. ID; 5938)
  2. Clarkus propapillatus (Clark, 1960) (ref. ID; 1775)