Photographs of the worm, a female Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens Railliet & Henry, 1911. Characteristics are visible: (A, arrow) vulva opening behind esophagus; (B) empty uteri; (C, arrow) ovary-uterus junction; (D) rounded cephalic extremity and small mouth; (E) short and divided esophagus and lateral deirids with a filamentous structure situated between the nerve ring and esophageal-intestine junction; (F) rounded posterior end.