Teratorhabditis synpapillata Sudhaus, 1985

Abolafia, Joaquín & Ruiz-Cuenca, Alba N., 2021, Phoretic invertebrates associated with Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canarian date palm from southern Spain, Journal of Natural History 54 (35 - 36), pp. 2265-2284 : 2268

Teratorhabditis synpapillata Sudhaus, 1985

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Material examined

Ten females and ten males from larval cocoons of R. ferrugineus .

Figures

Figure 1. Teratorhabditis synpapillata Sudhaus, 1985 (light microscopy). (a) Neck (arrow pointing to the excretory pore); (b, c) anterior end at stoma and cuticle levels (arrow pointing to the amphid); (d) entire male; (e) entire female; (f) uterine egg; (g) female posterior end; (h) male posterior end. GP = genital papilla; ph = phasmid.

Figure 2. Teratorhabditis synpapillata Sudhaus, 1985 (scanning electron microscopy). (a, b) Lip region (arrow pointing to the phasmids); (c) female posterior end (arrow pointing to the phasmid); (d, e) cuticle (having numerous bacteria along the longitudinal grooves); (f) female tail; (g, h) male posterior end in lateral and subventral views, respectively (white arrows pointing to the genital papillae, black arrow pointing to the phasmid).