Small-, or medium sized Rhynchokarlingiidae (1–2 mm long) with three cuticular hooks in male copulatory apparatus. Medial hook with funnel-form basis and cone-shaped proximal part, more or less symmetrical. Hook’s tip straight or bent, always sharp. Two lateral hooks irregularly shaped; in most cases, in form of two laterally smashed sacks; with rounded (in frontal plane) or sharp (in lateral plane) tips.
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