Neopsilenchus magnidens
Thorne, 1949
Photo Gallery- Konza Prairie
Photo Gallery- Homestead Nat'l Monument

L = 0.8 mm;  a = 37; b = 5.4; c = 6.5; V = 66

     Body straight or slightly bent when relaxed. Lateral field 1/4 body width, a plain band with two minute incisures.  Amphid apertures near base of lip region.Labial framework weak. Spear cylindroid with a lumen wider than usual, no knobs present. Deirids about opposite hemizonid. Ovary sometimes reaching almost to base of esophagus.  An egg was about 4 times as long as body width.  Tail tapering uniformly to acute terminus. Phasmid easily seen.  Male unknown and gravid females contained no sperms.

Neopsilenchus magnidens is a rare species originally described from specimens collected near Salt Lake City, Utah, and Reno, Nevada.

Habitat:  Native sod near Bear Butte, South Dakota, and pasture near Boulder, Colorado.
Description- Thorne and Malek, 1968

DNA Sequences Obtained
Specimen: Collected:
Konza IAC-96 Konza Prairie, First survey