Table 2.

Morphometrical data of Xiphinema oxycaudatum from South Africa. Measurements are in µm, except where stated otherwise, in the form of: mean ± standard deviation (range).

	Female	Pre-adult	Stage before pre-adult
n	11	6	1
L (mm)	1.80 ± 10.52 (1.60–1.94)	1.42 ± 8.79 (1.33–1.52)	128.5
a	46.87 ± 4.37 (39.9–55.3)	37.46 ± 2.90 (33.6–40.9)	42.8
b	6.14 ± 0.56 (4.8–6.9)	4.93 ± 0.78 (3.5–5.7)	5.2
c	50.34 ± 2.96 (45.4–55.3)	37.28 ± 4.48 (29.9–42.2)	37.3
c’	1.43 ± 0.08 (1.3–1.6)	1.58 ± 0.10 (1.4–1.7)	1.6
V	49.82 ± 1.44 (47.8–52.4)	–	–
Odontostyle length	78.41 ± 5.12 (71–84)	64.9 ± 2.84 (61–68)	55
Odontophore length	56.14 ± 5.4 (46–66)	47.5 ± 0.84 (47–49)	43
Total stylet length	135.55 ± 5.41 (129.5–149.5)	112 ± 3.33 (111–117)	98
Replacement odontostyle length	–	78.78 ± 3.87 (74–85)	59.5
Anterior to guide ring	67.36 ± 2.84 (64–73)	55.5 ± 2.89 (50.5–58–73)	51.5
Tail length	35.82 ± 2.74 (31–41)	37.00 ± 4.70 (31–44.5)	34.5
h (hyaline portion of tail); also J	12.91 ± 1.61 (10.5–15.5)	9.92 ± 1.02 (9–11)	11
h % (hyaline portion/tail length)	36.08 ± 3.85 (29–40.3)	26.93 ± 1.95 (23.7–29)	31.9
Lip region diameter	12.86 ± 0.87 (11.5–13.5)	11.5 ± 0.54 (11–12)	11
Lip region height	5.86 ± 0.32 (5.5–6.5)	5.42 ± 0.38 (5–6)	4.5
Body diameter at guide ring	28.64 ± 1.80 (26–31.5)	25.75 ± 2.95 (23.5–31.5)	24
Body diameter at base of pharynx	36.20 ± 2.52 (33–42)	34.67 ± 4.03 (33–41)	29
Body diameter at vulva or mid-body for juvenile	39.18 ± 2.57 (36.5–44)	37.90 ± 5.19 (31–44)	30
Body diameter at anus	25.18 ± 1.97 (20.5–27.5)	23.42 ± 2.25 (20–26)	21
Body diameter at beginning of hyaline portion of tail	13.50 ± 1.22 (11.5–16)	10.67 ± 0.61 (10–11.5)	9
Pre-rectum length	103.85 ± 47.37 (47–214)	55; 70	–
Rectum length	20.14 ± 4.61 (15–31.5)	23.13 ± 7.49 (17–34)	–
Vagina length	14.68 ± 1.01 (12.5–16)	–	–