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Limnomermis

Limnomermis Daday, 1911 (ref. ID; 1770)

Family Mermithidae (ref. ID; 1770)

ref. ID; 1770

Diagnosis

Head continuous with body, cephalic papillae six, amphids very large located posterior to level of cephalic papillae, mouth opening terminal or slightly ventrally shifted. Vagina S shaped, vulval flap present, eggs small, many. Tail terminus blunt. Male spicule bulky, genital papillae large, many. Male tail terminus blunt. (ref. ID; 1770)

Type species

Limnomermis bathybia Daday, 1911 (ref. ID; 1770)
  1. Limnomermis bathybia Daday, 1911 (ref. ID; 1770)

Limnomermis bathybia Daday, 1911 (ref. ID; 1770)

Descriptions

Parasitic in insects. (ref. ID; 1770)
  • Male: Head set off from body, mouth opening terminal. Amphid aperture very wide, well posterior to level of cephalic papillae. Walls of amphid pouch thick. Spicule bulky, head slightly flared, shaft of uniform thickness to sharply pointed tip. Genital papillae few, wide (diameter 9 um), well developed forward and posterior to cloaca. Inner ducts distinct. Tail broadly rounded. (ref. ID; 1770)
  • Female: Not found. (ref. ID; 1770)

    Measurements

    Male: Body length 10.5(6-14) mm; body width 95(90-100) um; head width 59(55-60) um; amphid aperture 9 um; amphid pouch 15-16x21-30 um; spicule length 144(125-155) um; spicule head width 12.6(10-15) um; spicule midshaft width 11.6(10-15) um; tail length 139(120-160) um; midbody cuticle width 9-10 um. (ref. ID; 1770)