Table 1.
Morphometric characters of Mesocriconema abolafiai n. sp. (measurements are in μm and in the form of average ± s.d. (range)).
| Dehdasht population | Basht population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characters | Holotype | 10 paratype females | 3 paratype males | 5 females |
| L | 540 | 540 ± 65 (402–612) | 471 ± 33.6 (435–502) | 519 ± 65 (425–605) |
| a | 14.9 | 14 ± 1.5 (10.3–15.3) | 24.6 ± 3.2 (20.9–27.1) | 12.6 ± 1.2 (10.9–14.4) |
| b | 4.8 | 4.8 ± 0.6 (3.2–5.7) | 24.6 | 4.3 ± 0.5 (3.5–5.0) |
| c | 14.5 | 15.8 ± 2.4 (12.1–19.5) | 10.5 ± 0.5 (9.9–11) | 19.1 ± 2.4 (16.3–21.9) |
| c´ | 1.4 | 1.3 ± 0 (1.3–1.4) | 3.3 ± 0.5 (2.9–3.9) | 1.3 ± 0 (1.1–1.4) |
| V | 90.5 | 90.3 ± 1.1 (87.8–91.9) | – | 90.1 ± 0.4 (89.8–90.8) |
| Stylet | 56.9 | 55.2 ± 1.3 (52.8–57.2) | – | 56.8 ± 2.3 (54–60) |
| Conus | 42.3 | 44 ± 6.3 (38.6–55.0) | – | 41.9 ± 1.6 (40.0–44.5) |
| m (conus/stylet %) | 74.4 | 80.1 ± 11.2 (73.1–100.0) | – | 73.7 ± 1.7 (71.9–76.3) |
| Pharynx | 110.7 | 113 ± 8 (103–124) | 59.3 | 119 ± 8 (105–126) |
| Post-vulval body length (VL) | 50.7 | 51.8 ± 4.9 (44.6–58.9) | – | 51.2 ± 6.7 (43–60) |
| Secretory-excretory pore | 109 | 108 ± 7 (99–118) | 106 ± 12 (92–113) | 108 ± 8 (97–118) |
| Lip region-vulva | 485.2 | 488 ± 62 (353–553) | 468 ± 58.6 (382–545) | |
| Lip region-anus | 498.9 | 506 ± 64.1 (372–575) | 426 ± 29.5 (396–455) | 492 ± 63.8 (399–577) |
| Vulva-anus | 24.0 | 22 ± 2.9 (17.1–26.0) | – | 24 ± 5.3 (17–32) |
| Tail length | 37.0 | 34.3 ± 3.6 (28.0–39.3) | 44.8 ± 4.5 (39.5–47.5) | 27.2 ± 2.9 (23–31) |
| Body width | 36.1 | 38.3 ± 2.4 (34.1–42.0) | 19.2 ± 1.6 (17.5–20.7) | 41.2 ± 4.3 (34–46) |
| Vulval body width (VB) | 30.4 | 30.1 ± 1.6 (27.2–32.3) | – | 30.7 ± 1.9 (27.5–32.5) |
| VL/VB | 1.7 | 1.7 ± 0.1 (1.6–1.8) | – | 1.6 ± 0.1 (1.5–1.8) |
| Annulus width | 5.2 | 5.4 ± 0.7 (4.1–6.5) | 2.8 ± 0.4 (2.3–3.2) | 5.7 ± 0.6 (4.9–6.8) |
| R | 104.0 | 104.2 ± 4 (97–113) | 132 | 97 ± 4.3 (90–101) |
| Rst | 16.0 | 15.5 ± 0.8 (14–17) | – | 14.5 ± 0.5 (14–15) |
| Rph | 26.0 | 25 ± 1.4 (23–28) | – | 24.8 ± 1.9 (23–28) |
| Rexp | 29 | 23.2 ± 4.2 (19–30) | 49.6 ± 2 (48–52) | 27.1 ± 4.2 (24–29) |
| RV | 12.0 | 12 ± 0.8 (11–14) | – | 12.8 ± 0.8 (12–14) |
| Ran | 8.0 | 9 ± 0.9 (8–10) | – | 7.4 ± 0.5 (7–8) |
| RVan | 3.0 | 3.6 ± 0.4 (3–4) | – | 3.6 ± 0.8 (3–5) |
| St/L × 100 | 10.6 | 10.3 ± 1.3 (9.2–13.6) | – | 11 ± 1.1 (9.4–12.7) |
| Spicules | – | – | 34.2 ± 0.7 (33.6–35.0) | – |
| Gubernaculum | – | – | 6.2 ± 0.9 (5.3–7.2) | – |