Photo Gallery- Homestead Nat'l Monument Lip region one-third as
wide as neck base, the distinct forward pointing lips set off by
constriction. Cuticularized pieces about vestibule conspicuous.
Spear a little longer than the head width, the aperture
occupying about one-third its length. Esophagus enlarged in
posterior two-fifths by very gradual expansion. Vulva
transverse, vagina extending half way across body. Anterior
uterine branch rudimentary, forming elongate pouch. Posterior
branch normal, the ovary reaching half way back to vulva.
Prerectum length slightly more than twice body width; rectum as
long as tail. The bluntly conoid tail contains about 6 pairs of
very small ventrosubmedian saccate bodies. Diagnosis: Pungentus
with the above measurements and general description. Among the
small species of Pungentus this one is distinctive principally
because of its angular lips. Habitat: Three females from soil in
a mountain park, Horse Creek, Uinta Mountains, Utah, U.S.A.