Small taxon of Cicerinidae with a girdle of eight separate eosinophilic glandular proboscis ampullae and two sets of proboscis retractors. Nuclei absent in the glandular girdle. Eyes without lenses. Pharynx in the anterior part of the body. Copulatory organ with stylet, without cirrus. Paired testes and seminal vesicles. Unpaired ovovitellarium. Large bursa composed of a distal and a proximal part separated by a sphincter. Two cuticularized spermatic ducts. Uterus absent.[From Van Steenkiste N, Volonterio O, Schockaert E, Artois T (2008): 8]
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