Kb. Nguyen et Gc. Smart, SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE STUDIES OF STEINERNEMA GLASERI (NEMATODA, STEINERNEMATIDAE), Nematologica, 41(2), 1995, pp. 183-190
Scanning electron micrographs are presented of Steinernema glaseri. Th
e male head of S. glaseri is slightly swollen and bears six labial and
four large cephalic papillae. There are 11 pairs of genital papillae
plus a single papilla. The spicule is unique with a short head, distin
ct shaft, long and narrow blade, and a spicule tip which has a ventral
aperture and appears hook-like. A velum was not observed. The guberna
culum is much shorter than the spicule, with the anterior end curved v
entrally, and enlarged gradually posteriorly. Usually, the capitulum a
nd cuneus are forked anteriorly to form a Y-shaped structure. The fema
le head has six labial and four cephalic papillae, and the vulva may b
e with or without a thickened flap. The lateral field pattern of the i
nfective juvenile begins anteriorly with one incisure which after a sh
ort distance becomes three, six, seven and nine incisures which create
two, five, six and eight ridges, respectively. Al about the level of
the phasmids, the number of ridges gradually decreases to two broad ri
dges.