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Measurements of Hoplolaimus pararobustus females and males from maize in Namibia_
| Hoplolaimus pararobustus (Namibian specimens) | Hoplolaimus pararobustus (acc. to Fortuner (1991) | Hoplolaimus pararobustus (acc. to Van den Berg and Quénéhervé, 2012) | Hoplolaimus columbus (acc. to Fortuner, 1991) | Hoplolaimus dubius (acc. to Chaturvedi and Khera, 1979; Zarina and Maqbool, 1998) | Hoplolaimus galeatus (acc. to Van den Berg and Quénéhervé, 2012) | Hoplolaimus seinhorsti (acc. to Van den Berg and Quénéhervé, 2012 | Hoplolaimus seinhorsti (acc. to Mansourabad et al., 2016) | |||||||
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| Characters | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | ||
| n | 21 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| L | 1,100±76.1 (957–1,245) | 925±65 (818–1,018) | 1,314±0.127 (910–1,800) | 1,158±0.102 (930–1,500) | 940–1,800 | 920–1,500 | 1,260–1800 | 1,150–1,400 | 780–1,600 | 940–1,100 | 1,100–1,940 | 1,050–1,560 | 1,000–1,600 | 1,480–1,738 |
| a | 29±3.5 (23.7–36) | 29.2±4.2 (22–38.3) | 27.3±2.689 (20–39) | 29.2±2.2227 (21–37.2) | 20–39 | 21–37.2 | 30–38 | 31.9 (25.9–39.2) | 31.94–51.29 | 32.78–43.87 | 22–34 | 23–32 | 24.1–40 | 25.5–33.8 |
| b | 7.4±0.7 (6.2–8.6) | 6.7±0.4 (6–7.5) | 8.98±1.361 (6–14) | 8.5±1.328 (6.2–13.8) | 6–14.1 | 6.2–13.8 | 9.1–12.4 | 10.9 (9.58–12.18) | 8.16–12.49 | 8.0–9.45 | 6.3–10.8 | 8.3–10.3 | 5.2–14.2 | |
| b’ | 9.5±0.8 (7.9–11) | 8.5±0.7 (7.1–10.1) | 7.1±0.682 (5.1–10) | 6.6±0.57 (5–8.7) | – | – | 6.3–9.7 | 6.04–9.42 | 5.95–6.76 | |||||
| c | 59.7±10.5 (46.9–80.6) | 34.7±4.3 (25–41) | 60.8±15.185 (10–164) | 36.9±6.605 (22.2–51.9) | 40–164 | 22.2–51.9 | 39–57 | 29.9 (26.8–33.1) | 1.321.41 | 35.08–41.21 | 0.6–0.7 | 1.5–1.7 | 38–74 | |
| c’ | 0.8±0.1 (0.6–1.1) | 1.5±0.2 (1.3–2) | 0.67±0.135 (0.4–0.9) | 1.6±0.206 (1.4–2.1) | 0.4–0.9 | 1.4–2.1 | 0.61–1.17 | 0.7–0.9 | ||||||
| o (%) | 13±2 (8–17) | 13±2.5 (8–18) | – | – | 6.8–13.4 | 7.1–12.5 | 9–13 | 5.2 (4.8–5.2) | 7.55–16.28 | 12.5–17.7 | 8.5–17 | 10–17 | ||
| M | 51±1.5 (48–54) | 51±1.8 (50–53) | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| V (%) | 55±2.5 (49–67) | – | 52.68±2.609 (51–62) | 51–62 | 51–60 | 41.56–59.16 | 52–60 | |||||||
| OV1 (%) | 31±14.0 (18–51) | – | ||||||||||||
| OV2 (%) | – | – | ||||||||||||
| h | – | 13±2.5 (10–19) | ||||||||||||
| Annulus width | 2±0.3 (2–3) | 2±0.3 (2–3) | 2 | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| Lip region height | 7±0.5 (6–8) | 6±0.6 (5–7) | ||||||||||||
| Lip region width | 13±1 (12–15) | 12±0.9 (11–13) | ||||||||||||
| Stylet length | 36±1.6 (34–40) | 34±1.3 (32–38) | 42.3±2.378 (37.5–49) | 40.8±2.673 (35–46) | 37.5–49.7 | 35–48 | 40–48 | 42 (40.2–43.7) | 34.4–42.4 | 41.5–54 | 40–48 | 38–45 | ||
| Metenchium length | 18±1.1 (17–21) | 17±0.6 (16–18) | ||||||||||||
| Telenchium length | 18±0.8 (17–19) | 17±1 (15–20) | ||||||||||||
| Stylet knob height | 6±0.5 (5–7) | 5±0.6 (4–6) | ||||||||||||
| Stylet knob width | 6±0.8 (5–9) | 6±0.5 (5–7) | 6.0–6.8 | |||||||||||
| Dorsal gland opening posterior to stylet knobs | 5±0.7 (3–6) | 4±0.9 (3–6) | 5.6±1.377 (4–8) | 3.2–5.6 | ||||||||||
| Median bulb length | 17±1.3 (15–20) | 16±1.5 (13–19) | ||||||||||||
| Median bulb width | 15±1.3 (13–17) | 12±1 (11–15) | ||||||||||||
| Medan bulb valve length | 6±0.7 (4–6) | 5±0.7 (4–7) | ||||||||||||
| Median bulb valve width | 4±0.6 (3–5) | 4±0.4 (3–4) | ||||||||||||
| Excretory pore from anterior end | 108±11.9 (82–123) | 93±13.6 (74–121) | ||||||||||||
| Esophagus length | 148±7.6 (136–161) | 139±10.4 (124–163) | ||||||||||||
| Esophagus overlap | 31±7.2 (15–44) | 30±5.7 (20–38) | ||||||||||||
| Body width at excretory pore | 33±3.5 (27–40) | 26±2.4 (23–30) | ||||||||||||
| Body width at midbody | 39±4 (32–46) | 32±2.9 (27–38) | ||||||||||||
| Body width at anus/cloaca | 25±2.2 (21–29) | 17±1.3 (15–20) | ||||||||||||
| Position of excretory pore/Esophagus length (%) | 73±7.5 (61–85) | 67±9.6 (61–85) | ||||||||||||
| Position of excretory pore/Body length (%) | 10±1.3 (8–12) | 10±(8–13) | ||||||||||||
| Anterior genital track length | 241±69.2 (171–301) | – | ||||||||||||
| Testes length | – | 350±34.6 (322–400) (n=4) | ||||||||||||
| Spicule length | – | 38±2.3 (35–42) | 46.9±3.318 (40–57) | 40–57 | 46.8 (36.6–52.5) | 368–43.36 | 40–52 | |||||||
| Gubernaculum length | – | 17±2.3 (11–20) | 21.9±2.4296 (15.4–31) | 15.4–31 | 14.4–18.4 | 20–28 | ||||||||
| Capitulum length | – | 11 ±0.8 (10–13) | ||||||||||||
| Phasmid diameter | 4±0.3 (3–4) | 3±0.5 (3–4) | 5.3 (4.1–6) | |||||||||||
| Anterior phasmid as % from anterior end | 36±6.9 (28–40) (n=3) | 36±3.5 (28–43) | 22–52 | 23.7–50.4 | 29–47 | 38 (35.4–42.2) | 23.90–41.34 | 21.18–44.35 | 23–46 | 29–45 | 24–46 | |||
| Posterior phasmid as % from anterior end tail | 79±4.1 (70–85) | 81±4.7 (72–87) | 58–89 | 68.9–85.4 | 79–90 | 82 (79.7–83.2) | 82.20–96.44 | 76.69–85.99 | 72–88 | 75–89 | 68–90 | |||
| Tail length | 19±3.1 (15–24) | 27±3.5 (22–35) | 7–15 | 16–28 | 26.1–35.1 | 17.5–36.2 | 32.3–44.2 | 22–28 | ||||||
| Number of tail annules | 12–18 | |||||||||||||