Mirzaiella Basir, 1942

Shah, Manjur, 2011, Nematode parasites of invertebrates from Manipur, North East India (Diagnosis, keys and illustration), Zootaxa 3107, pp. 1-37 : 34

Genus Mirzaiella Basir, 1942

Generic diagnosis. Cephalic extremity formed by prominent cephalic annule. Oral opening surrounded by three lips, one dorsal and two sub-ventral. Buccal cavity long, tubular, formed by two distinct parts of almost equal length. Oesophageal corpus very long, widest at its anterior end, shaped-like an inverted club, isthmus short and bulb spherical. Excretory pore anterior to the base of the oesophagus. Vulva near posteriorthird of body. Vagina short, muscular and anteriorly directed. Gonads amphidelphic. Eggs oval shaped, attached to one another by polar filaments, laid in mucus capsules, each capsule containing two-five eggs. Tail short, blunt, rounded or subulate, with or without spine-like appendage. Lateral alae absent in female. Gonads two, ovaries reflexed at both ends, the anterior one extends upto the middle of the corpus and the posterior one a little above the anus. Caudal extremity in male rounded. Caudal papillae four to seven pairs. Spicule absent. Pointed cuticularized accessory piece present immediately behind the anus.