Table 1.

Lengths (μm) of the five setae in male Chorioptes mites.

No. of seta (location)	Chorioptes sp. from moose	C. texanus from cattle
	mean ± SD range n	mean ± SD range n
1 (at the opisthosomal lobe)	85.3 ± 9.3* 71–106 20	54.2 ± 7.3* 37–69 40
2 (at the opisthosomal lobe)	234 ± 14* 198–251 19	164 ± 8* 145–185 40
3 (at the opisthosomal lobe)	28.8 ± 3.7* 24–40 13	24.3 ± 5.4* 13–32 31
4 (at the caudal body margin)	26.3 ± 2.9 19–32 19	24.9 ± 3.9 16–32 38
5 (at tarsus III)	21.1 ± 5.4 13–32 17	18.3 ± 7.2 8–40 35

n = number of measurements

SD = standard deviation

* differences were significant at p < 0.01, based on t-test.