Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 23. (Budapest, 1990)

Description: Female (Fig. 1, Table 2): Trunk fusiform, elongate, 16.35-18.60 long and with maximum width at anterior part - 1.50-1.89; the next part of trunk narrowed, 0.60-0.75 wide. Proboscis slightly constricted at level of insertion of proboscis receptacle: 0.563-0.606 long and with maximum width 0.331-0.365 (anterior part of proboscides are invaginated); width of the proboscis base 0.281-0.344; width of constricted place 0.2810.325. Armature consisting of 34-36 longitudinal rows of 11-13 hooks in each. Firs 5-6 hooks with welldeveloped roots, directed backward, the others with rudimentary roots. Sizes of hooks (blade x root) are presented in Table 2. The largest of them are 3rd and 4th, up to 0.0450 x 0.0550 - 0.0625. Neck short and almost invaginated. Proboscis receptacle sac-like, double-wall-ed, 0.80-0.99 long and maximum 0.24-0.25 wide. Trunk full of eggs; eggs elliptical, 0.0375-0.0575 long and 0.0175-0.0225 wide; without polar swellings of middle shell. Fig. 1: Sphaerirostris lancea - N 661-2: a - female (anterior part); b - proboscis; c - longitudinal row of hooks; d - egg.