Punctodera

Contents

Rev 05/16/2006

.

Body globose, spherical to pear-shaped with short neck and no terminal cone.  

Cuticle thick, with superficial, reticulate pattern; subcuticle with punctation.  D-layer present; subcrystalline layer present, thick.  

Vulva terminal; vulval slit less than 5 µm long, surrounded by a circular circumfenestra; no perineal papillae; no underbridge; no bullae.  

Anus surrounded by circular (anal) fenestra.  

Eggs retained in body (no egg mass).  

Lateral field with four lines.  

Spicules greater than 30 µm long, slightly curved, distally pointed.  

No cloacal tube.  

Tail very short, rounded. 

Second-stage juveniles:

Stylet less than 30 µm long.  

Lateral field with four lines.  

Esophageal glands fill body cavity.  

Tail conical, to conical-effilated with long, hyaline, terminal portion.  

Phasmids punctiform.  

[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, (1988).]