Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) is a cosmopolitan species reported from 69 countries and every continent except Antarctica (EPPO, 2020). Plant damage due to parasitism by P. penetrans has been documented across the plant kingdom with the most severe impact occurring in temperate climates. In Wisconsin, a state in the North Central USA with a diverse agriculture, P. penetrans is a common pest of fruit, vegetable, grain, and forage crops.
Identification of P. penetrans is supported by multiple species keys for the genus Pratylenchus (Loof, 1960; Corbett, 1970; Handoo and Golden, 1989; Ryss, 2002; Castillo and Vovlas, 2007). Consensus morphological characters are three lip annuli, round spermatheca, presence of males, smooth tail tip, and four incisures in the lateral field. Morphological measurements and indices of morphological features are also important, particularly the proportional position of the vulva (V%) and relative length of the esophagus and tail.
Morphological features and measurements of P. penetrans have been recorded many times since its original description as Tylenchus penetrans by Cobb (1917). We found records of four populations from the USA and 32 populations from other countries (Sher and Allen, 1953; Taylor and Jenkins, 1957; Loof, 1960; Román and Hirschmann, 1969; Tarte and Mai, 1976a; Vovlas and Troccoli, 1990; Townshend, 1991; Troccoli et al., 1992; Mekete et al., 2011; Mokrini et al., 2016; Janssen et al., 2017; Ozbayrak, 2019; Rusinque et al., 2020). The range in values for quantitative features barely overlaps among some populations. Intraspecific variation in tail morphology was noted by Taylor and Jenkins (1957), Román and Hirschmann (1969), Tarte and Mai (1976a), Townshend (1991) and Rusinque et al. (2020), including the observation that tail features as well as body size could be modified by environmental factors such as plant host and culture media (Tarte and Mai, 1976a; Townshend, 1991).
There is consensus that nematode identification today should be supported by molecular analyses so sequence data are rapidly accumulating for multiple gene fragments including the cytochrome c oxidase subunit1 (COI) mitochondrial gene (Janssen et al., 2017), rDNA internal transcribed spacers (De Luca et al., 2011), D2/D3 expansion region of 28S rDNA, and 18S rDNA (Subbotin et al., 2008). Janssen et al. (2017) used a combination of morphological and sequence data of COI to successfully distinguish species among the Penetrans group of Pratylenchus spp; P. penetrans, P. fallax, P. convallariae, P. dunensis, P. pinguicaudatus, P. brachyurus, P. arlington, and P. oleae.
Intraspecific genetic variation among P. penetrans populations was addressed recently by two studies (Mokrini et al., 2016; Janssen et al., 2017). Mokrini et al. (2016) found relatively little variation among 13 Moroccan isolates of P. penetrans for the D2/D3 expansion region of 28S rDNA. Janssen et al. (2017) reported 16 haplotypes based on COI for P. penetrans isolates collected around the world. Their analysis revealed 14 of the 16 haplotypes were represented in The Netherlands. Three of the 16 haplotypes were shared by populations from The Netherlands, Africa, and Asia. North America was represented by only one population of P. penetrans and it was the only member of one haplotype. The study by Janssen et al. (2017) also revealed cryptic biodiversity within P. penetrans, as morphologically indistinguishable populations from The Netherlands were assigned to different haplotypes.
We recently surveyed Wisconsin for species of Pratylenchus with males to determine the prevalence of P. penetrans in crop rotations including soybean. That project (Saikai, 2019) resulted in first reports of P. fallax (Saikai et al., 2019) and P. alleni (Saikai and MacGuidwin, 2019) in Wisconsin, but also showed the vast majority of populations with Pratylenchus males to be P. penetrans based on sequence data from 28S rDNA, 18S rDNA, and a species-specific primer. Our objectives in this study were (i) to assess the extent of intraspecific variability in P. penetrans in Wisconsin by comparing 13 populations of P. penetrans for morphological variation and 52 populations for sequence variation in the COI mitochondrial gene, and (ii) to determine the extent of diversity in COI for P. penetrans by combining our data with published COI sequences from populations around the world in phylogenetic and haplotype analyses.
Materials and methods
Nematode isolates
Nematodes were recovered from soil samples collected from 11 farms in nine Wisconsin counties for a commodity-sponsored testing program. The samples were randomly selected from a pool of stored samples that were known to contain Pratylenchus males. Nematodes were extracted from root fragments sieved from the soil and incubated in water for 48 hr. One female from the incubated fraction was placed on an excised root culture of ‘IO Chief’ sweet corn (Zea mays L.) grown in Gamborg’s B5 media, with the assumption that insemination occurred in the field. Cultures were maintained in the dark at 24°C and transferred to new Gamborg’s B5 media every five months to increase nematodes. Each population was verified as P. penetrans by morphology, the species-specific primer PPEN (Al-Banna et al., 2004), and matching sequences of the D2/D3 expansion region of 28S rDNA to accessions reported in GenBank. Two additional isolates of P. penetrans in culture for more than 25 years (Portage1 and Portage2), originally extracted from potato, were included in the study for a total of 13 isolates, each named for the county of origin (10 counties total).
Morphological characterization of isolates
Nematodes from at least three Petri dishes were harvested and pooled for morphological characterization, given the reported sensitivity of some features to environmental conditions (Tarte and Mai, 1976a). Fresh specimens were mounted following the protocol of Eisenback (2012), visualized using differential interference contrast optics, and measured and photographed using NIS-Elements AR Software on a Nikon Eclipse Ti-E inverted microscope (Nikon Instruments, Melville, NY). Tail terminus morphology, tail shape, and spermatheca shape were recorded. Data were collected from a minimum of 25 females of each isolate, except for Chippewa2 (n = 18 females), for 26 morphometric and morphological variables. The same morphometrics, except for those that are specific to females, were measured for males of each isolate but only spicule length and gubernaculum are listed in this study. The following indices were derived: V% (anterior end to vulva length/total body length), and a (total body length/maximum body width), b (total body length/esophageal length), c (total body length/tail length), b′ (total body length/distance from anterior end to the end of esophageal glands), and c′ (tail length/body width at anus). Tail shape and tail tip appearance were assigned according to the categories used by Frederick and Tarjan (1989). The coefficient of variation (CV) was computed for each morphological variable by isolate and for pooled data representing all isolates.
Phenotype analyses of isolates
Intraspecific variation in the morphometrics among the P. penetrans isolates were evaluated with Hierarchical Agglomerative clustering (HAC) and Canonical Discriminant analysis (CDA) for the following female features: L, V%, ratios of a, b, c, c′, maximum body width, esophageal length, length of anterior end to excretory pore, lip region height, stylet length, DGO, PUS, body width at anus, tail length, vulva to anus distance, lateral incisures, and labial incisures. Based on high correlation coefficients with other features, the b′ ratio, length of head end to posterior gland and body width at vulva were excluded from phenotype analyses. The shape of the tail and annulation of the tail terminus were included as binary variables: subhemispherical tail = 0, not subhemispherical tail = 1; smooth tip = 0, crenate tip = 1.
For HAC, Euclidean distance coefficients were computed on normalized mean values to evaluate the (dis)similarity between each pair of isolates using the ‘dist’ function with the Euclidean method option in the ‘STATS’ R package (R Core Team, 2020). The normalized means were computed by so that all the morphometrics ranged between 0 and 1. HAC was performed using the ‘hclust’ function of the same R package with Ward’s method. The optimum number of clusters was determined using the Elbow and Silhouette methods.
Canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) of the clusters suggested by HAC was performed using the CANDISC procedure in SAS (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) to determine which variables discriminated clusters. Univariate statistics (ANOVA) were also conducted for each morphometric variable to test equality of means among the 13 isolates.
COI sequencing
Nematodes from the 13 cultured isolates and 39 field populations collected from 39 farms in 27 Wisconsin counties were characterized molecularly for mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) (Fig. 1). The 52 populations were named for the county of origin and multiple populations from the same country were distinguished by numbers and individual specimens by letters (Table 3). Nematode DNA was extracted using DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). The DNA extracts were stored at −20°C if PCR was not conducted immediately. Five microliters of DNA were suspended in a 25 μl reaction volume composed of 2.5 μl ddH2O, 2.5 μl of forward and reverse primers, and 12.5 μl of GoTaq Green Master Mix x2 (Promega, Madison, WI). The primer used for COI was forward JB3 (5′-TTTTTTGGGCATCCTGAGGTTTAT-3′) and reverse JB4.5 (5′-TAAAGAAAGAACATAATGAAAATG-3′) (Derycke et al., 2010). PCR cycling conditions were: 94°C for 5 min, 5 cycles of denaturation at 94°C for 30 sec, annealing at 54°C for 30 sec and temperature decreasing with 1°C for each cycle, and extension at 72°C for 30 sec followed by 35 cycles of 94°C for 30 sec, 50°C for 30 sec, and 72°C for 30 sec, and a final extension of 10 min at 72°C. Five micro liters of the PCR products were resolved by electrophoresis on 1.0% agarose gel mixed with 2.5 μl of SYBR Safe DNA Stain (Invitrogen, Waltham, WA) at 70 V for 1 hr. The presence of DNA in the PCR products was confirmed by Gel Logic 200 Imaging System (Kodak alaris, Rochester, NY). The crude PCR products were sent to Functional Biosciences (Madison, WI) for purification and Sanger-sequencing.
Table 3.
Information for origin and hosts of the Pratylenchus penetrans isolates and populations used for this study, COI haplotype group assigned in this study, and GenBank accession numbers for D2/D3 expansion region of 28S and COI sequences.
| GenBank Accession number | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locality | Specimen name | Planted crop | Haplotype group | COI | D2/D3 of 28S rRNA | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Brown Co. | Brown-a | corn | Pp1 | MT527067 | MT528159 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Buffalo Co. | Buffalo-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453207 | MN251253 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Calumet Co. | Calumet-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453210 | MN251255 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Chippewa Co. | Chippewa2-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453213 | MN251258 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Columbia Co. | Columbia1-a | corn | Pp1 | MT527044 | MT528189 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Columbia Co. | Columbia3-a | corn | Pp1 | MT527077 | MT528192 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Crawford Co. | Crawford-b | – | Pp1 | MT527055 | MT528196 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dunn Co. | Dunn1-b | soybean | Pp1 | MT527024 | MT528199 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Eau Claire Co. | Eau Claire1-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527073 | MT528203 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Eau Claire Co. | Eau Claire2-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527059 | MT528205 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Grant Co. | Grant-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453211 | MN251256 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Iowa Co. | Iowa-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453217 | MN251263 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jackson Co. | Jackson1-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527038 | MT528171 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jackson Co. | Jackson2-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527053 | MT528208 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jefferson Co. | Jefferson2-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527015 | MT528173 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jefferson Co. | Jefferson3-a | corn | Pp1 | MT527085 | MT528210 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Juneau Co. | Juneau1-a | – | Pp1 | MT527037 | MT528175 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Manitowoc Co. | Manitowoc-a | corn | Pp1 | MT527045 | MT528215 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marathon Co. | Marathon1-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453215 | MN251261 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marathon Co. | Marathon3-a | – | Pp1 | MT527035 | MT528176 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marquette Co. | Marquette1-a | soybean | Pp1 | MN453214 | MN251259 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marquette Co. | Marquette2-a | corn | Pp1 | MT527090 | MT528216 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Monroe Co. | Monroe-b | – | Pp1 | MT527019 | MT528178 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Outagamie Co. | Outagamie1-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527089 | MT528219 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Outagamie Co. | Outagamie2-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527070 | MT528220 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Pierce Co. | Pierce-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527042 | MT528222 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Portage Co. | Portage3-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527074 | MT528223 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Portage Co. | Portage4-b | – | Pp1 | MT527021 | MT528182 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Sauk Co. | Sauk-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527048 | MT528227 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Sawyer Co. | Sawyer-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527064 | MT528230 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Vernon Co. | Vernon-a | soybean | Pp1 | MT527050 | MT528232 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Waushara Co. | Waushara-c | kidney beans | Pp1 | MT527017 | MT528188 | ||||||||
| USA, Nebraska, Otoe Co. | – | apple | Pp1 | MK877987b | – | ||||||||
| USA, Nebraska, Phelps Co. | – | corn | Pp1 | MK877993b | – | ||||||||
| Japan, Chiba | CA193a | wild carrot | Pp1 | KY817024a | EU130857c | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Zoetermeer | T181a | grasses | Pp1 | KY817007a | |||||||||
| Colombia, San Vicente | T666a | cape gooseberry | Pp1 | KY816982a | KY828351a | ||||||||
| Colombia, San Vicente | T677a | cape gooseberry | Pp1 | KY816981a | KY828350a | ||||||||
| Colombia, San Vicente | T678a | cape gooseberry | Pp1 | KY816980a | KY828349a | ||||||||
| Colombia, San Vicente | T679a | cape gooseberry | Pp1 | KY816979a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Wemeldinge | T725a | sweet cherry | Pp1 | KY816949a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Nagele | V3Fa | apple | Pp1 | KY916940a | KY828346a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands , Meijel | V4Ba | apple | Pp1 | KY816939a | KY828345a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Wemeldinge | V8Aa | apple | Pp1 | KY816936a | KY828342a | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marathon Co. | Marathon2-a | soybean | Pp2 | MN453219 | MN251265 | ||||||||
| Japan, Aichi | CA85a | wild cabbage | Pp3 | KY817021a | EU130860c | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Clark Co. | Clark-b | corn | Pp4 | MT527033 | MT528161 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marquette Co. | Marquette3-a | soybean | Pp4 | MT527079 | MT528218 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Outagamie Co. | Outagamie2-b | soybean | Pp4 | MT527071 | MT528221 | ||||||||
| USA, Alaska | – | peony | Pp4 | MK877984b | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Stramproy | T716a | sweet cherry | Pp5 | KY816958a | |||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Monroe Co. | Monroe-a | – | Pp6 | MT527018 | MT528177 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Portage Co. | Portage2-a | soybean | Pp6 | MN453205 | MN251267 | ||||||||
| USA, Minnesota | – | corn | Pp6 | MK877982b | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Stramproy | T715a | sweet cherry | Pp6 | KY816959a | |||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Clark Co. | Clark-c | corn | Pp7 | MT527033 | MT528161 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dunn Co. | Dunn2-a | soybean | Pp7 | MT527054 | MT528202 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Racine Co. | Racine-a | soybean | Pp7 | MT527062 | MT528224 | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Meijel | V1Ba | apple | Pp7 | KY816942a | KY828348a | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Adams Co. | Adams-a | – | Pp8 | MT527029 | MT528157 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Portage Co. | Portage1-a | soybean | Pp8 | MN453204 | MN251266 | ||||||||
| Rwanda, Nyakirbia | T172a | pear | Pp8 | KY817009a | KY828356a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Apeldorn | T293a | pear | Pp8 | KY816992a | KY828353a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Sambeek | T686a | apple | Pp8 | KY816976a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Sambeek | T687a | apple | Pp8 | KY816975a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Schimmert | T699a | plum | Pp8 | KY816972a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Kloetinge | T723a | sweet cherry | Pp9 | KY816951a | |||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Clark Co. | Clark-a | corn | Pp10 | MT527034 | MT528160 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Columbia Co. | Columbia2-a | soybean | Pp10 | MT527078 | MT528191 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Crawford Co. | Crawford-a | – | Pp10 | MT527056 | MT528195 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dodge Co. | Dodge1-a | soybean | Pp10 | MT527025 | MT528162 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dodge Co. | Dodge2-a | soybean | Pp10 | MT527041 | MT528163 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dodge Co. | Dodge2-b | soybean | Pp10 | MT527080 | MT528164 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Eau Claire Co. | Eau Claire2-b | soybean | Pp10 | MT527058 | MT528206 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Co. | Fond du Lac-a | wheat | Pp10 | MT527084 | MT528165 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Green Co. | Green-a | – | Pp10 | MT527032 | MT528169 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jackson Co. | Jackson1-b | soybean | Pp10 | MT527039 | MT528170 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jefferson Co. | Jefferson1-a | corn | Pp10 | MT527040 | MT528172 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Jefferson Co. | Jefferson2-b | soybean | Pp10 | MT527026 | MT528174 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Juneau Co. | Juneau2-a | soybean | Pp10 | MT527087 | MT528212 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Monroe Co. | Monroe-c | – | Pp10 | MT527051 | MT528179 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Portage Co. | Portage4-a | – | Pp10 | MT527020 | MT528183 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Sauk Co. | Sauk-b | soybean | Pp10 | MT527047 | MT528228 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Trempeleau Co. | Trempeleau-a | – | Pp10 | MT527028 | MT528185 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Waushara Co. | Waushara-b | kidney beans | Pp10 | MT527036 | MT528187 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Wood Co. | Wood-a | soybean | Pp10 | MN453208 | MN251254 | ||||||||
| USA, Idaho | – | potato | Pp10 | MK877988b | – | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Waushara Co. | Waushara-a | kidney beans | Pp11 | MT527016 | MT528186 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Sheboygan Co. | Sheboygan-a | soybean | Pp12 | MN453212 | MN251257 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Chippewa Co. | Chippewa1-a | soybean | Pp13 | MN453206 | MN251252 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dunn Co. | Dunn1-a | soybean | Pp14 | MT527082 | MT528200 | ||||||||
| USA, California, Stanislaus Co. | CA91a | cowpea | Pp14 | KY817023a | EU130862c | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dane Co. | Dane-b | soybean | Pp15 | MT527068 | MT528198 | ||||||||
| France, Britany | CA192a | apple | Pp15 | KY817022a | KY828242a | ||||||||
| Ethiopia, Shashamane | T225a | corn | Pp15 | KY817001a | KY828354a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Hei en Boeicop | T296a | pear | Pp15 | KY816990a | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Vredepeel | T44a | wild carrot | Pp15 | KY817020a | KY828359a | ||||||||
| The Nethelands, Schimmert | T697a | plum | Pp15 | KY816974a | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Kloetinge | T720a | sweet cherry | Pp15 | KY816954 | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, St. Oedenrode | T730a | grape vine | Pp15 | KY816944a | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Baarlo | V3Aa | apple | Pp15 | KY816941a | KY828347a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Wemeldinge | T726a | sweet cherry | Pp16 | KY816948a | |||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Adams Co. | Adams-b | – | Pp17 | MT527066 | MT528158 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Sawyer Co. | Sawyer-b | soybean | Pp17 | MT527065 | MT528229 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Columbia Co. | Columbia1-b | corn | Pp18 | MT527043 | MT528190 | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Stramproy | T714a | sweet cherry | Pp18 | KY816960a | – | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Stramproy | T713a | sweet cherry | Pp19 | KY816961a | – | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Dane Co. | Dane-a | soybean | Pp20 | MT527069 | MT528197 | ||||||||
| USA, Wisconsin, Marquette Co. | Marquette2-b | corn | Pp20 | MT527091 | MT528217 | ||||||||
| Rwanda, Nyakirbia | T143a | onion | Pp20 | KY817013a | KY828357a | ||||||||
| Rwanda, Nyakiriba | T144a | onion | Pp20 | KY817012a | |||||||||
| Rwanda, Nyakiriba | T145a | onion | Pp20 | KY817011a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Arkel | T184a | pear | Pp20 | KY817005a | |||||||||
| Rwanda, Bushoki | T200a | potato | Pp20 | KY817004a | KY828355a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Hei en Boeicop | T295a | pear | Pp20 | KY816991a | KY828352a | ||||||||
| The Nethelands, Schimmert | T698a | plum | Pp20 | KY816973a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Kloetinge | T721a | sweet cherry | Pp20 | KY816953a | |||||||||
| The Netherlands, Wemeldinge | T724a | sweet cherry | Pp20 | KY816950 | |||||||||
| The Nethelands, Zoetermeer | T132a | grasses | Pp21 | KY817015a | KY828358a | ||||||||
| The Netherlands, Kloetinge | T722a | sweet cherry | Pp21 | KY816952 | |||||||||
| Portage 1 | Portage 2 | Marathon 1 | Marathon 2 | Chippewa 1 | Chippewa 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L a | 675 (602-832) | 637 (544-748) | 595 (513-682) | 628 (507-702) | 594.8 (494-694) | 630 (564-704) | |||||||
| V% | 80.3 (77.5-82.5) | 79.0 (75.0-82.0) | 78.8 (75.6-81.1) | 80.9 (78.9-86.6) | 80.2 (77.3-81.9) | 80.7 (78.5-82.3) | |||||||
| a | 26.4 (22.1-33.2) | 27.9 (24.8-32.0) | 25.9 (19.9-30.3) | 23.6 (20.2-25.7) | 26.1 (20.6-28.7) | 23.0 (18.4-28.2) | |||||||
| b | 5.62 (4.37-6.74) | 6.11 (5.11-7.53) | 5.69 (4.81-6.93) | 6.09 (5.14-7.20) | 5.18 (4.15-5.18) | 5.43 (4.89-6.00) | |||||||
| c | 18.7 (15.1-23.1) | 21.4 (17.3-26.7) | 19.2 (16.3-24.8) | 19.8 (14.4-31.2) | 18.8 (15.4-24.2) | 20.4 (16.4-22.8) | |||||||
| b′ | 4.86 (3.89-5.63) | 5.33 (4.39-8.76) | 4.81 (4.17-5.78) | 5.15 (4.34-6.09) | 4.39 (3.64-5.31) | 4.68 (4.26-5.10) | |||||||
| c′ | 2.44 (1.93-3.06) | 2.39 (1.99-2.88) | 2.43 (1.67-2.94) | 2.09 (1.42-2.86) | 1.67 (1.24-2.90) | 1.97 (1.71-2.31) | |||||||
| Maximum body width | 25.8 (21.3-29.4) | 22.9 (19.3-27.5) | 23.2 (19.0-29.3) | 26.7 (21.4-33.9) | 22.7 (19.1-27.0) | 27.7 (21.0-33.7) | |||||||
| Esophageal length | 121 (102-142) | 103 (72-128) | 105 (91-125) | 104 (83-121) | 116 (102-133) | 116 (97-138) | |||||||
| Head end to posterior gland | 140 (122-160) | 121 (84-145) | 124 (109-144) | 123 (101-141) | 134 (120-152) | 135 (115-157) | |||||||
| Anterior end to excretory pore | 97 (80-108) | 92 (67-106) | 91 (77-101) | 90 (81-98) | 89 (80-99) | 93 (84-112) | |||||||
| Lip region height | 2.47 (2.07-3.10) | 2.89 (2.4-4.07) | 2.41 (1.87-2.92) | 2.62 (2.09-3.15) | 2.44 (1.94-3.43) | 2.36 (2.04-2.77) | |||||||
| Stylet | 14.8 (13.9-16.2) | 14.3 (13.4-15.4) | 15.5 (14.1-17.5) | 14.8 (13.3-16.3) | 16.8 (15.3-17.9) | 15.3 (13.9-16.4) | |||||||
| DGO | 2.67 (2.13-3.51) | 2.93 (2.26-3.87) | 2.92 (2.08-3.54) | 2.46 (1.75-3.48) | 2.73 (2.15-3.71) | 2.61 (1.89-3.42) | |||||||
| Body width at vulva | 22.2 (17.6-25.9) | 20.0 (17.0-22.5) | 20.2 (17.8-22.4) | 23.6 (17.9-28.4) | 20.2 (17.9-25.1) | 23.4 (18.9-27.9) | |||||||
| PUS | 18.5 (15.1-22.4) | 14.4 (9.4-21.7) | 16.4 (12.1-21.8) | 16.5 (12.4-20.8) | 21.4 (14.1-35.0) | 18.3 (14.2-24.1) | |||||||
| Body width at anus | 15.05 (13.5-17.0) | 14.6 (12.7-16.9) | 13.8 (12.2-15.3) | 15.7 (12.8-18.3) | 14.1 (12.5-16.5) | 15.9 (13.1-19.8) | |||||||
| Tail length | 36.6 (30.8-52.2) | 34.8 (28.6-40.6) | 33.5 (20.3-44.0) | 35.6 (22.3-41.8) | 31.7 (22.9-42.0) | 31.2 (27.0-45.5) | |||||||
| Vulva to anus distance | 95 (79-119) | 94 (74-114) | 91 (81-105) | 89 (63-108) | 87 (67-110) | 91(79-107) | |||||||
| Lateral incisures | 4 with striation | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 with striation | 4 | |||||||
| Labial annules | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Tail tipb | SMO | SMO | SMO | SMO | SMO | SMO | |||||||
| Tail shapec | SHM | SHM | SHM | SHM | SHM | SHM | |||||||
| Spermatheca | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | |||||||
| Spicule | 14.3 (11.7-17.5) | 14.8 (12.0-16.6) | 15.3 (12.4-17.2) | 14.7 (11.7-18.2) | 16.1 (13.2-19.6) | 15.6 (10.9-19.2) | |||||||
| Gubernaculum | 4.09 (2.71-5.71) | 3.92 (2.94-5.67) | 4.86 (3.87-5.99) | 3.62 (3.02-4.22) | 4.49 (3.50-5.94) | 3.56 (2.43-4.95) | |||||||
| Calumet | Sheboygan | Wood | Marquette 1 | Buffalo | Grant | Iowa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L a | 603 (497-844) | 624 (556-728) | 605 (541-717) | 603 (518-749) | 548 (465-608) | 588 (495-704) | 701 (631-818) | ||||||
| V% | 79.9 (76.0-82.4) | 79.7 (77.6-81.7) | 79.2 (74.8-81.0) | 80.0 (77.3-81.8) | 80.9 (78.2-83.9) | 80.8 (78.3-85.2) | 79.7 (77.4-81.9) | ||||||
| a | 28.7 (24.2-38.5) | 28.1 (25.0-30.4) | 26.2 (20.9-30.3) | 24.6 (20.7-29.5) | 25.7 (22.7-29.2) | 28.2 (22.6-31.9) | 24.1 (21.1-27.7) | ||||||
| b | 5.39 (4.44-6.11) | 5.69 (4.77-7.10) | 5.33 (4.59-6.38) | 5.68 (4.42-7.22) | 5.20 (4.46-6.21) | 5.12 (4.34-6.11) | 6.44 (5.36-7.56) | ||||||
| c | 18.8 (13.9-23.7) | 20.9 (16.1-33.2) | 23.0 (19.2-31.0) | 20.1 (16.0-24.8) | 24.7 (19.4-30.5) | 20.9 (15.2-31.2) | 20.3 (17.7-29.1) | ||||||
| b′ | 4.62 (3.82-5.26) | 4.85 (4.20-5.88) | 4.58 (4.08-5.38) | 4.83 (3.87-5.90) | 4.43 (3.78-5.36) | 4.40 (3.81-5.23) | 5.47 (4.65-6.31) | ||||||
| c′ | 2.57 (2.02-3.29) | 2.20 (1.43-2.77) | 2.26 (1.79-3.16) | 2.01 (1.66-2.67) | 1.96 (1.62-2.40) | 2.27 (1.61-3.15) | 2.16 (1.82-2.62) | ||||||
| Maximum body width | 21.0 (19.4-24.9) | 22.3 (20.4-28.6) | 23.2 (20.1-32.4) | 24.6 (19.2-30.6) | 21.3 (19.4-23.4) | 20.9 (18.0-27.3) | 29.2 (24.9-34.8) | ||||||
| Esophageal length | 112 (92-138) | 110 (87-134) | 114 (109-154) | 107 (88-137) | 106 (89-116) | 116 (95-131) | 109 (86-128) | ||||||
| Head end to posterior gland | 131 (108-160) | 129 (106-152) | 132 (109-154) | 126 (107-155) | 124 (109-134) | 134 (114-149) | 129 (104-148) | ||||||
| Anterior end to excretory pore | 94 (85-117) | 92 (79-102) | 90 (81-101) | 86 (75-110) | 87 (77-95) | 88 (78-100) | 95 (84-110) | ||||||
| Lip region height | 3.17 (2.24-3.87) | 3.02 (2.39-3.88) | 3.02 (2.17-3.89) | 2.37 (1.87-2.99) | 3.04 (2.42-3.51) | 3.29 (2.56-3.96) | 2.43 (1.69-3.08) | ||||||
| Stylet | 14.8 (13.8-17.7) | 15.3 (14.3-16.6) | 14.9 (13.6-16.6) | 15.8 (14.6-17.7) | 14.8 (14.0-15.9) | 14.9 (13.9-15.8) | 15.9 (14.8-17.4) | ||||||
| DGO | 3.09 (2.39-4.45) | 2.98 (2.21-3.88) | 2.79 (2.18-3.46) | 2.63 (1.77-3.32) | 2.92 (2.30-3.59) | 2.85 (2.11-3.57) | 2.49 (1.88-3.06) | ||||||
| Body width at vulva | 19.6 (17.4-22.5) | 19.7 (17.5-24.3) | 20.6 (16.7-28.9) | 21.4 (16.7-25.0) | 18.9 (16.4-21.6) | 18.5 (15.8-22.9) | 25.6 (23.0-29.2) | ||||||
| PUS | 21.9 (11.8-35.2) | 15.5 (9.2-21.0) | 16.7 (11.7-16.4) | 22.0 (16.3-34.9) | 16.4 (11.1-23.3) | 15.3 (11.3-22.5) | 19.8 (13.9-28.5) | ||||||
| Body width at anus | 12.6 (11.1-14.2) | 14.0 (12.1-17.5) | 14.3 (11.7-16.4) | 15.1 (11.3-17.5) | 13.5 (11.3-15.3) | 12.8 (9.5-16.0) | 16.2 (11.8-17.8) | ||||||
| Tail length | 32.4 (26.1-44.7) | 30.8 (19.4-42.6) | 32.1 (27.5-42.7) | 30.3 (23.1-40.3) | 26.4 (21.5-31.9) | 28.9 (20.2-37.9) | 34.9 (25.5-43.2) | ||||||
| Vulva to anus distance | 91 (62-124) | 96.51 (86-121) | 94 (75-119) | 89 (73-109) | 79 (65-105) | 84 (65-113) | 107 (90-131) | ||||||
| Lateral incisures | 4 | 4 with striation | 4 with striation | 4 | 4 with striation | 4 with striation | 4 with striation | ||||||
| Labial annules | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Tail tipb | SMO | SMO, ANN | SMO | SMO | SMO, CFT | SMO, ANN | SMO | ||||||
| Tail shapec | SHM, TRC, CLA | SHM, SBD, CLA | SHM | SHM | SHM, TRC, CLA | SHM, TRC | SHM | ||||||
| Spermatheca | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | ||||||
| Spicule | 16.2 (12.3-20.1) | 15.4 (12.1-20.0) | 14.4 (11.7-17.9) | 14.9 (13.1-17.3) | 15.3 (11.0-18.5) | 15.4 (12.8-18.7) | 15.2 (13.0-17.5) | ||||||
| Gubernaculum | 3.87 (2.69-4.88) | 3.98 (2.74-5.18) | 3.99 (2.96-5.59) | 3.75 (3.27-4.09) | 3.56 (2.58-5.73) | 3.60 (2.74-4.28) | 4.17 (3.65-4.47) | ||||||
| Population | Portage 1 | Portage 2 | Marathon 1 | Marathon 2 | Chippewa 1 | Chippewa 2 | Calumet | Sheboygan | Wood | Marquette | Buffalo | Grant | Iowa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % similarity on COI sequences | |||||||||||||
| Portage 1 | |||||||||||||
| Portage 2 | 99.5 | ||||||||||||
| Marathon 1 | 94.5 | 95.0 | |||||||||||
| Marathon 2 | 94.2 | 94.8 | 99.8 | ||||||||||
| Chippewa 1 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.5 | 95.5 | |||||||||
| Chippewa 2 | 94.5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | ||||||||
| Calumet | 94.5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Sheboygan | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.5 | 95.5 | 99.5 | 95.5 | 95.5 | ||||||
| Wood | 95.5 | 95.5 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 98.5 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 98.5 | |||||
| Marquette | 94.5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 96.5 | ||||
| Buffalo | 94.5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 96.5 | 100.0 | |||
| Grant | 94.5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 96.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Iowa | 94.5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 97.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.9 | |




