Table 1.

Measurements of females and males of B. ventrosignatus from Botswana.

n	5 ♀♀	5 ♂♂
L	526.7 ± 38.8 (496 – 583)	498 ± 23.3 (470 – 521)
a	25.3 ± 1.1 (23.7–26.3)	29.9 ± 3.4 (28.0 – 34.3)
b	4.8 ± 0.2 (4.6 – 5.1)	4.5 ± 0.1 (4.4 – 4.7)
c	13.2 ± 1.4 (11.5 –14.2)	13.7 ± 1.2 (12.1–14.8)
c'	2.9 ± 0.4 (2.7– 3.4)	3.2 ± 0.1 (3.1– 3.5)
V	55.8 ± 0.4 (55 – 56)	–
Lip region height	3.8 ± 0.3 (3 – 4)	4.2 ± 0.4 (3.7– 4.6)
Lip region diameter	7.4 ± 0.8 (6–8)	6.8 ± 0.7 (6.2–7.7)
Stylet	13.5 ± 0.6 (13 –14)	14 ± 0.2 (13.7–14.4)
m	39.5 ± 26.3 (51– 54)	52.1 ± 10.1 (40 – 63)
Median bulb to anterior end	52.3 ± 3.3 (48 – 56)	54.1 ± 3.4 (49 – 56)
MB	50.1 ± 1.6 (47– 51)	50.2 ± 0.1 (50 – 51)
Excretory pore to anterior end	87.7 ± 4.2 (85 – 94)	81.6 ± 4.2 (79 – 88)
Pharynx	96.3 ± 4.5 (92–101)	97 ± 0.4 (96 – 97)
Neck	107.6 ± 5.4 (102–114)	111.1 ± 0.3 (110 –112)
Neck base diameter	18.4 ± 2.4 (16 – 21)	15.9 ± 1.2 (14.5 –17.0)
Mid-body diameter	20.8 ± 1.9 (19 –23)	16.7 ± 1.1 (15 –18)
Anal body diameter	14.1 ± 1.3 (13 –16)	11.2 ± 0.1 (11.0 –11.4)
Lateral filed width	4.3 ± 1.1 (3– 6)	4.2 ± 0.1 (4.2– 4.3)
Vulva anterior end	294.5 ± 23.9 (275 – 329)	–
Anus anterior end	489 ± 45.1 (461– 541)	461.6 ± 25.0 (431– 478)
Tail length	40.3 ± 4.7 (35 –  44)	36.3 ± 1.8 (35 – 39)
Phasmid	15.1 ± 3.5 (11–18)	13.3 ± 0.6 (12.7–14.2)
Tail annuli	30 ± 6.2 (30 – 35)
Spicules	–	22.6 ± 1.2 (21–24)
Gubernaculum	–	8.3 ± 0.4 (8 –9)
Bursa length	–	67.1 ± 7.9 (59 –76)