stylet shaft sickle-shaped

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Small stylets in small specimens were usually straight and not curved like those found in larger specimens. p. 59

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Eyes 13 x 25 micrometer. The penis stylet is bow-shaped, gradually tapering in diameter towards the swollen distal end. The walls of the distal end are slightly thickened; the distal opening is displaced slightly to one side of the swollen end and is not exactly terminal. p. 55

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The distal part of the stylet is complicated. It is gutter-shaped with narrowing margins (compared M. longistyliferum Ax 1956) and is additionally equipped with a lamella on one side. The end of the stylet is usually blunt but sometimes it appears to be pointed. p. 194

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Die kleinen runden schwarzen Augen, die dicht nebeneinander liegen, befinden sich unmittelbar vor dem Pharynx. p. 216

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