Table 1.

Extreme values and mean measures of distinctive features (in mm) of 18 females and 6 males of M. hirudinaceus recovered from wild boars

Measurements	Females		Males
	Min–max	Mean ± SD	Min–max	Mean ± SD
Total body length	56–351	205.5 ± 84.1	52–89	68.16 ± 14.46
Width at mid-body	3–6	4.62 ± 1.13	2–3	2.83 ± 0.4
Praesome length	0.8–3.52	1.67 ± 0.66	0.83–1.90	1.36 ± 0.34
Proboscis length	0.66–0.95	0.82 ± 0.07	0.58–0.83	0.73 ± 0.33
Row no. in proboscis	5–6	5.3 ± 049	5–7	5.3 ± 0.82
Hook no. per row	6–9	7.11 ± 0.99	6–7	6.3 ± 0.51
Hook length	0.125–0.225	0.175 ± 0.08	0.130–0.212	0.152 ± 0.04