Diagnosis: Female with prominent phasmids , on a protuberance, located in posterior half of tail; tail (T) longer than anal body width ABW (T/ABW = 1.10-1.68) (Fig. B); ovoviparous, juveniles molting and becoming infective juveniles before exiting the female body. Male smaller than female, posterior part with one ventral and 13-14 pairs of genital papillae, eight pairs preanal; phasmids prominent, tail tip digitate (Fig. D); spicule foot-shaped with a hump on dorsal side (Fig. C). Gubernaculum almost as long as spicule. Infective juveniles with head slightly swollen (Fig. E); phasmid large, tail elongate or filiform, as long as esophagus, usually curved at end (Fig. F), ratio c about 5.5.

Type and only species: Neosteinernema longicurvicauda Nguyen & Smart, 1994.
 

Neosteinernema longicurvicauda

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Entomology & Nematology Department
University of Florida