Table 4.
Morphometric variations of males of M. graminicola.
| Morphometric Parameters |
Current Study | Golden and Birchfield (1965) (Original Description) |
Zhao et al. (2001) [27] |
Liu et al. (2011) [28] |
Feng et al. (2017) [29] |
Song et al. (2017) [30] |
Zhong-ling et al. (2018) [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin | Tamil Nadu, India | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
Hainan | Fujian | Jiangsu | Hunan | Zhejiang, China |
| Host | Oryza sativa | Allium fistulosum | O. sativa | O. sativa | O. sativa | O. sativa | O. sativa |
| n | 12 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 17 |
| L | 1378 (1096.1–1731.4) |
1222 (1020–1428) |
1295 (1000–1515) |
1421 (1150–1650) |
1302.9 | 1475 (1246.1–1832.3) |
1270 (1043.4–1553.4) |
| a | 39.8 (36.2–45.8) |
- | - | 40.4 (35.0–48.3) |
39.6 | - | 41.5 (38.48–53.3) |
| Body Width | 34.6 (26.5–34.7) |
29.8 (24–34.7) |
- | 35.4 (28.0–40.0) |
32.6 | 39.0 (30.6–48.4) |
25.9 (21.3–31.5) |
| Stylet | 17.8 (17.2–19.1) |
16.8 (16.2–17.3) |
16.4 (16.0–17.2) |
16.7 (15.0– 20.0) |
17.3 | 19.3 (17.9–20.6) |
17.2 (15.2–18.9) |
| DOGO | 3.3 (2.8–4.0) |
3.3 (2.8–4.0) |
3.3 (3.0–3.8) |
3.33 (2.9–4.0) |
3.3 | 3.33 (2.9–4.6) |
3.6 (3.2–4.0) |
| Tail Length | 12.1 (9.8–15.1) |
11.1 (6.1–15.1) |
- | 50.2 (40.0–58.1) |
10.8 | 11.3 (8.4–16.6) |
9.2 (8.1–10.3) |
| Spicule Length | 25.6 (19.8–30.1) |
28.1 (27.4–29.1) |
- | 23.9 (17.5–32.5) |
27.2 | 30.7 (27.2–36.1) |
21.1 (20.1–21.9) |
n = number of specimens on which measurements are based; L = body length; a = total body length/maximum body diameter; DOGO = dorsal oesophagus gland orifice; all measurements are in µm and in the form: means (range). -, no data.