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. 2024 Dec 24;26:101035. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.101035

Table 2.

Comparison of morphometrics of metacestodes (single fimbriocerci) of Taenia taliceiDollfus (1960) from intermediate hosts reported from South America (in μm). Abbreviations: n, number of measurements; SD, standard deviation.

Hosts Ctenomys terraplen Brook, González, Tomasco, Verzi & Martin Ctenomys aff. C. terraplen Ctenomys torquatus Lichtenstein Ctenomys peruanus Sanborn & Pearson Ctenomys australis (Rusconi) Ctenomys talarum Thomas Phyllotis xanthopygus (Waterhouse)
Reference Present study Present study Dollfus (1960) Voge (1954) Rossin et al. (2010) Rossin et al. (2010) Gomez-Puerta (2017)
Locality/Country Corcovado, Chubut province, Argentina Laguna El Cronómetro, Chubut province, Argentina Montevideo, Uruguay Puno Department, Peru Buenos Aires province, Argentina Buenos Aires province, Argentina Marangani District, Cusco, Peru
Characters N Mean ± SD Range n Mean ± SD Range n Mean ± SD Range n Mean ± SD Range n Mean ± SD Range n Mean ± SD Range n Mean ± SD Range
LARGE HOOKS
Total length (TL) 24 268 ± 15 230–280 33 263 ± 13 230–280 2 245–247 190–220 50 236 ± 2 230–243 50 243 ± 3 240–248 14 228 ± 1 218–237
Total width (TW) 24 77 ± 15 40–94 27 70 ± 10 50–81 14 77 ± 0.6 72–82
Basal length (BL) 24 159 ± 17 120–180 27 158 ± 12 130–170 14 148 ± 0.9 141–153
Apical length (AL) 24 128 ± 7 110–140 26 125 ± 5 120–130 14 109 ± 0.5 106–112
Guard length (GL) 24 26 ± 8 13–44 27 23 ± 5 13–31 14 22 ± 0.3 21–25
Guard width (GW) 24 34 ± 6 25–50 27 34 ± 5 25–43 14 30 ± 0.3 29–32
Blade curvature (BC) 24 22 ± 25 6–140 26 17 ± 4 9–25 14 17 ± 0.3 15–18
Handle width (HW) 24 29 ± 4 18–37 27 30 ± 6 19–38 14 19 ± 0.5 15–22
Nº large hooks 3 25 ± 1 24–26 4 25 ± 2 23–27
SMALL HOOKS
Total length (TL) 49 152 ± 20 88–180 32 159 ± 11 130–180 2 154–160 120–140 50 154 ± 4 150–160 50 161 ± 3 158–168 14 147 ± 0.6 144–155
Total width (TW) 45 79 ± 13 50–130 25 72 ± 13 49–88 14 80 ± 0.8 75–84
Basal length (BL) 45 81 ± 20 9–100 25 77 ± 11 56–90 14 77 ± 0.9 70–81
Apical length (AL) 45 120 ± 8 100–130 25 113 ± 6 100–130 14 104 ± 0.4 101–105
Guard length (GL) 45 21 ± 5 13–31 25 20 ± 4 12–29 14 22 ± 0.4 21–25
Blade curvature (BC) 45 16 ± 4 7–24 24 16 ± 6 6–25 14 20 ± 0.2 20–22
Nº small hooks 3 25 ± 1 24–26 4 24 ± 2 22–26
Nº total hooks 2 48 48 4 49 ± 3 45–53 2 48–52 40–44 10 46 ± 3 40–50 10 46 ± 6 40–52 48 44–50
Body length (mm) 11 7 ± 2 2–10 2 6 9–15 10 20 ± 8 9–35 10 11 ± 5 5–20 9.6 6–12
Maximum body width (mm) 12 7 ± 0.4 3–4 3
Suckers diameter 4 345 ± 105 280–500 10 291 ± 22 260–320 10 258 ± 40 200–320 315 304–324
Rostellum diameter 8 583 ± 118 470–800 4 613 ± 134 420–730 10 424 ± 47 370–500 10 407 ± 12 390–420 629 612–647
Scolex length (+invaginated neck) (mm) 8 2.6 ± 0.8 0.9–3.7 1.09 1.08–1.12
Scolex width (+invaginated neck) (mm) 7 1.5 ± 0.4 1–1.9