Figure 4. Neochordodes chordodides n in Central American and Caribbean species of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha), with the description of three new species

Figure 4. Neochordodes chordodides n. sp. (A) Ventral view of male posterior end from Belize specimen, arrow indicates position of cloacal opening (not visible). (B) Longitudinal fold (arrow) on ventral side of posterior end of the male from Costa Rica. (C) Cuticle in midbody of holotype, some areoles with tubercles (arrows). (D) Long and slender bristles from the ventral side of the male posterior end in the region around the cloacal opening. (E) Light microscopical image of the cuticle. Apical bristles are hardly visible.