Taxonomy and morphology of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with turfgrasses in North and South Carolina, USA Author Zeng, Yongsan Author Ye, Weimin Author Tredway, Lane Author Martin, Samuel Author Martin, Matt text Zootaxa 2012 3452 1 46 journal article 44473 10.5281/zenodo.210165 90f5f5d1-4ae3-4cc0-87b6-fb2ed5263ef5 1175-5326 210165

TABLE 3. Helicotylenchus dihystera and Scutellonema brachyurum: morphometrics of females mounted in formalinglycerin. All measurements in μ m and in the format: mean ± S.D. (range).

Species	H. dihystera	H. dihystera	S. brachyurum
Lab ID	09-23983	12-59	11-29736
Host	Turf	Bermudagrass	Turf
Location	Wayne, NC	Pickens, SC	New Hanover, NC
n	15	15	15
L	648.0 ± 33.1 (609.0–698.0)	649.8 ± 27.9 (620.2–693.3)	794.3 ± 63.3 (720.2–906.6)
a	25.8 ± 1.7 (24.3–28.6)	21.9 ± 1.4 (19.8–23.6)	26.8 ± 2.3 (22.8–29.4)
b	7.9 ± 1.0 (6.2–8.8)	4.9 ± 0.2 (4.7–5.2)	5.4 ± 0.6 (4.7–6.3)
c	38.3 ± 5.0 (34.9–46.8)	36.1 ± 0.9 (35.2–37.2)	81.5 ± 11.4 (63.4–101.1)
c’	1.1 ± 0.1 (1.0–1.3)	1.1 ± 0.1 (1.0–1.2)	0.6 ± 0.0 (0.5–0.6)
V	62.4 ± 0.8 (61.1–63.4)	61.7 ± 1.7 (58.8–63.2)	60.6 ± 1.1 (58.7–61.8)
Body width	25.3 ± 2.4 (22.0–28.0)	29.8 ± 1.5 (27.7–31.4)	29.9 ± 4.0 (24.5–36.7)
Stylet length	24.3 ± 1.4 (23.0–26.5)	23.7 ± 0.4 (23.0–24.0)	27.7 ± 0.4 (27.2–28.4)
Stylet shaft length	12.6 ± 0.5 (12.0–13.5)	12.8 ± 0.4 (12.1–13.5)	15.6 ± 0.3 (15.1–16.0)
Pharynx length (Head to metacorpus base)	84.0 ± 14.2 (70.0–105.0)	131.8 ± 7.8 (119.5–140.4)	147.3 ± 13.3 (132.1–169.0)
Anal body width	15.0 ± 1.6 (13.0–17.0)	16.2 ± 0.8 (14.9–16.8)	17.6 ± 1.0 (15.8–18.6)
Tail length	17.3 ± 2.6 (13.0–20.0)	18.0 ± 0.7 (17.1–18.7)	9.9 ± 1.0 (8.4–11.7)
Excretory pore from anterior end	105.7 ± 3.3 (102.0–110.0)	109.0 ± 5.7 (101.0–116.6)	132.6 ± 9.5 (118.5–144.7)
Lip width	5.0 ± 0.0 (5.0–5.0)	6.0 ± 0.3 (5.6–6.4)	9.4 ± 0.4 (8.9–9.9)
Lip height	3.0 ± 0.0 (3.0–3.0)	3.2 ± 0.2 (2.9–3.5)	5.9 ± 0.1 (5.7–6.1)
Metacorpus length	14.5 ± 0.5 (14.0–15.0)	12.8 ± 0.4 (12.3–13.2)	14.0 ± 1.8 (11.4–16.2)
Metacorpus width	10.5 ± 0.5 (10.0–11.0)	9.9 ± 0.6 (9.2–10.7)	10.8 ± 1.4 (8.9–12.5)
m	–	–	43.6 ± 0.9 (42.1–45.2)
Lip W/H	1.7 ± 0.0 (1.7–1.7)	1.8 ± 0.1 (1.7–1.9)	1.6 ± 0.1 (1.5–1.7)
Metacorpus L/W	1.4 ± 0.0 (1.4–1.4)	1.3 ± 0.0 (1.2–1.4)	1.3 ± 0.1 (1.2–1.6)