Filiform Meidiamidae with the prostate vesicle curved over about 180°, and with the proximal pole directed forwards, where the paired seminal vesicles enter; the distal pole, where the stylet is attached, is also directed forwards. The stylet is directed forwards and accompanied by the atrial needles. Accessory glandular organ absent. Genito-intestinal duct leading backwards from the female pore to a resorbing bursa in the gut. Female duct with a prepenial vagina, and functioning as a (prepenial) copulatory bursa. Emended after Martens & Curini-Galletti (1993).[From Schockaert ER, Curini-Galletti M, De Ridder W, Volonterio O, Artois T (2009): 760]
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