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. 2025 Nov 7;11:8. doi: 10.1186/s40851-025-00254-3

Table 4.

Morphometrics of Longidorus Magnus Lamberti et al. 1982 [48], L. oakgracilis Cai et al. 2020 [49], and L. vineacola Sturhan & Weischer, 1954 [47] from cultivated Olive (Olea Europaea ssp. Europaea) and globe-fruited Retama (Retama sphaerocarpa) at Portugal and Spain. All measurements are in µm, except for body length in mm and in the form: mean ± s.d. (range)

Character/ratio1 Longidorus magnus L. oakgracilis L. vineacola
Female Female Female Female Female Female Female
Sample code SO07 SO09 SO12 SO14 SO20 ARR2 SO05
n 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
L (mm) (10.833, 11.316) 9.288 10.120 11.404 (6.420, 6.779) 6599 (9.432, 9.354)
a (79.0, 82.3) 66.3 71.3 81.4 (71.3, 73.7) 72.5 (147.4, 148.5)
b (20.0, 20.3) 14.8 16.3 17.0 (14.4, 15.0) 14.7 (19.5, 20.0)
c (173.6, 187.1) 164.1 168.7 193.2 (173.5, 176.1) 174.8 (269.5, 292.3)
c’ (0.7, 0.7) 0.6 0.7 0.7 (0.7, 0.7) 0.7 (0.7, 0.8)
d (1.8, 2.0) 2.1 2.0 2.0 (1.8, 1.9) 1.9 (1.6, 1.7)
d’ (1.6, 1.9) 1.8 1.8 1.8 (1.6, 1.6) 1.6 (1.3, 1.3)
V or T (50.3, 52.7) 51.7 51.0 53.0 (52.3, 53.3) 52.8 (51.0, 51.5)
G1 (5.7, 6.2) 6.5 7.1 5.8 (4.7, 5.2) 5.0 (6.9, 7.9)
G2 (5.6, 6.0) 6.4 7.0 5.8 (4.6, 5.0) 4.8 (6.9, 7.2)
Odontostyle (130.0, 135.0) 132.0 129.0 132.0 (95.0, 96.0) 95.5 (91.0, 94.0)
Odontophore (84.0, 92.0) 82.0 83.0 85.0 (58.0, 60.0) 59 (54.0, 58.0)
Total stylet (219.0, 222.0) 214.0 212.0 217.0 (153.0, 156.0) 154.5 (145.0, 152.0)
Lip region diam. (23.0, 27.0) 23.0 24.0 24.0 (16.0, 17.0) 16.5 (18.5, 19.0)
Oral aperture to guiding ring (46.0, 48.0) 42.0 43.0 44.0 (30.0, 31.0) 30.5 (30.0, 31.0)
Max. body diam. (131.0, 143.0) 140.0 142.0 140.0 (90.0, 92.0) 91.0 (63.0, 64.0)
Tail length (58.0, 65.0) 56.5 60 59 (37.0, 38.5) 38.0 (32.0, 35.0)
J (14.0, 17.0) 16.5 15.0 17.0 (12.0, 14.0) 13.0 (12.0, 13.0)

1 Abbreviations as defined in Jairajpuri & Ahmad [31]. a, body length/maximum body width; b, body length/pharyngeal length; c, body length/tail length; c’, tail length/body width at anus; V (distance from anterior end to vulva/body length) x 100; d anterior to guiding ring/body diam. at lip region, d’ body diam. at guiding ring/body diam. at lip region, J hyaline tail region length