Table 5 (continued on next three pages). Differentiating morphometric values of the species of Pelodera Schneider, 1866 (coarctata group).
| Character |
P. adeeli sp. nov. |
P. aligarhensis Tahseen et al., 2014 |
P. coarctata (Leuckart, 1891) |
P. cylindrica (Cobb, 1898) |
P. cystilarva (Völk, 1950) |
P. indica sp. nov. |
P. isociensis Maupas, 1916 |
|
|
|
Females |
|
|
|
|
| Body length |
678–934 |
688–841 |
1202–1587 |
630–1985 |
1224–1744 |
849–1065 |
1214–1830 |
| a |
11.6–13.9 |
16.3–20.0 |
14.1–16.7 |
9.0–15.0 |
12.5–15.8 |
13.7–18.6 |
17–18 |
| b |
4.2–5.4 |
3.9–4.6 |
5.8–7.9 |
4.1–7.1 |
6.2–7.6 |
5.1–6.2 |
5.2–7.5 |
| c |
12.5–17.2 |
22.1–41.2 |
17.5–20.6 |
38.6–70.9 |
7.5–9.1 |
14.7–21.1 |
30.3–57.3 |
| c’ |
1.7–2.1 |
0.8–1.4 |
1.6–1.9 |
0.5–0.6 |
2.6–6.7 |
1.1–1.8 |
– |
| V |
57.7–60.0 |
61.6–63.5 |
57.5–58.6 |
58–69 |
49.4–52.4 |
55.5–63.2 |
56.2–61.2 |
| Lip height |
8–9 |
7–9 |
5.7 |
7.1–7.6 |
15 |
5–8 |
– |
| Lip diam. |
19–22 |
15–18 |
20 |
16.0–24.9 |
32.5 |
16–19 |
– |
| Stoma length |
21–23 |
24–25 |
30 |
21–30 |
52.5 |
24–29 |
28 |
| Stoma diam. |
4–5 |
5–5 |
5.7 |
5.5–7.6 |
7.5 |
6–8 |
– |
| Stoma % |
13.1–13.4 |
13.4–13.8 |
14.4–15.0 |
10.7–20.1 |
22.8–27.3 |
15.5–16.5 |
11.5–12.2 |
| Pharynx length |
160–171 |
173–186 |
200–207 |
141–279 |
192–230 |
154–175 |
228–243 |
| Pharynx % |
18.3–23.5 |
22.1–25.1 |
13.0–16.6 |
14.0–16.5 |
13.1–15.5 |
16.4–18.0 |
13.2–18.7 |
| Basal bulb length |
27–32 |
27–33 |
– |
28–40 |
51.9 |
26–31 |
– |
| Basal bulb diam. |
24–26 |
22–25 |
– |
21–34 |
36.3 |
25–28 |
– |
| Pharyngeal sleeve |
12–13 |
– |
10 |
10.0–17.2 |
25 |
11–13 |
– |
| Anal body diam. |
25–31 |
19–25 |
40.5 |
19–50 |
41.5 |
32–42 |
– |
| Rectum length |
24–28 |
16–22 |
45 |
9.5–19.2 |
– |
20–26 |
– |
| Rectum/anal body diam. |
0.9–0.9 |
0.8–0.9 |
1.1 |
0.4–0.5 |
– |
0.6–0.6 |
– |
| Tail length |
50–64 |
20–31 |
68.6–77.0 |
11.0–31.2 |
108–281 |
41–62 |
32–40 |
| Spike length |
– |
5.9 |
54.5 |
– |
81–208 |
20–31 |
20 |
| Spike length vs tail length % |
– |
19.0–29.5 |
70.7–79.4 |
– |
74–75 |
48.7–50.0 |
50.0–62.5 |
|
|
|
Males |
|
|
|
|
| Body length |
577–722 |
526–608 |
918–1069 |
450–1050 |
880–1072 |
591–727 |
705–1345 |
| a |
13.4–16.8 |
17.5–18.4 |
14.1–20.9 |
9.0–17.8 |
11.5–12.0 |
15.4–22.0 |
14.5–17.5 |
| b |
4.0–4.8 |
3.8–4.4 |
4.3–5.5 |
3.2–5.7 |
5.0–5.4 |
4.1–5.3 |
4.7–6.2 |
| c |
15.6–19.4 |
16.2–24.3 |
27.1–36.8 |
12.5–33.4 |
26.1–46.3 |
13.8–18.1 |
14.5–19.6 |
| c’ |
1.2–1.6 |
1.0–1.8 |
0.5 |
1.2–1.7 |
1.0–2.2 |
1.4–1.7 |
– |
| Pharynx length |
139–149 |
119–155 |
194–213 |
129–162 |
162–216 |
137–154 |
157–217 |
| Pharynx % |
20.6–24.0 |
22.6–25.4 |
19.9–21.1 |
15.4–28.6 |
12.3–13.2 |
21.1–23.1 |
16.1–22.2 |
| Spicule length |
37–50 |
30–38 |
68–97 |
32–50 |
32–70 |
45–47 |
39–54 |
| Spicule distally fused |
9–10 |
6.0–9.5 |
20 |
10–20 |
8 |
13–16 |
10 |
| Gubernaculum length |
9–11 |
15–18 |
27–33 |
12–20 |
27–70 |
17–24 |
18–24 |
| Gubernaculum % |
22.0–24.3 |
40–45 |
34.0–39.7 |
37.5–40.0 |
84.3–100.0 |
37.7–51.0 |
42.8 |
| Anal body diam. |
25–30 |
18–27 |
50 |
23.0–37.1 |
40 |
24–29 |
31.3 |
| Rectum length |
30–40 |
20–33 |
– |
9.5 |
– |
35–50 |
– |
| Tail length |
37–40 |
25–37 |
29.8–33.8 |
23.5–45.0 |
41–89 |
40–46 |
48.6–68.6 |