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Images -> Adults  Posterior
end of Gordionus
violaceus male.
Note bifurcating posterior end and cloaca, appearing as round
spot just to right of center. Posterior
end of Paragordius
obamai female, collected
from Kenya. Note the
trifurcating
end. The cloaca, which is not visible, is in the center
between
the 3 posterior lobes Posterior
end of female Chordodes
sp., collected from Kenya. This worm was removed 40 days post
exposure to a cricket. Although the worm appears fully
developed,
it was removed from its host with a cuticle, which is usually molted
just before exiting the host. Cuticle
of unknown worm collected in a mud puddle outside of a women's bathroom
at a gas station near Aztec, New Mexico, USA.  Cuticle of
unknown worm collected in a mud puddle outside of a women's bathroom at
a gas station near Aztec, New Mexico, USA.
 Cuticle of
unknown worm collected at Lake Winnie, Minnesota, USA. Cuticle
of Gordius lineatus,
collected from the central Mississippi valley. Cuticle
of Neochordodes
occidentalis collected
in the Gila Wilderness, New Mexico. Cuticle
of Gordionus
violaceus.
Note the tall, rounded areoles, as seen in this folded
cuticle
preparation. Note the numerous bristles in between the
areoles. Another
view of the cuticle of Gordionus
violaceus.
Again, note the numerous bristles in between the areoles. Posterior end of female Paragordius obamai. |
© Copyright 2013 Ben Hanelt, Matt Bolek, and Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa Updated: May 2013 |