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 4. Pratylenchus penetrans: morphometrics of males and females mounted in formalin-glycerin. All measurements

Sex	Female	Male
Lab ID	11-30392	11-30392
Host	Boxwood	Boxwood
Loccation	Graham, NC	Graham, NC
n	10	10
L	597.5 ± 21.0 (568.7–618.1)	476.4 ± 46.5 (410.6–510.7)
a	31.3 ± 0.8 (30.3–32.3)	30.1 ± 1.6 (28.8–32.4)
b’	4.8 ± 0.2 (4.6–5.0)	4.0 ± 0.1 (3.8–4.1)
c	20.9 ± 0.9 (19.6–21.7)	19.2 ± 0.4 (18.7–19.6)
c’	2.4 ± 0.2 (2.3–2.7)	2.1 ± 0.1 (2.0–2.2)
V	81.4 ± 1.1 (79.9–82.6)	–
Body width	25.3 ± 2.4 (22.0–28.0)	15.8 ± 1.3 (14.3–17.4)
Stylet length	16.1 ± 0.3 (15.8–16.5)	14.6 ± 0.5 (13.9–15.1)
Stylet shaft length	7.3 ± 0.1 (7.2–7.4)	6.8 ± 0.5 (6.1–7.3)
Pharynx length (Head to metacorpus base)	125.5 ± 2.8 (123.5–129.5)	120.2 ± 12.8 (102.9–133.2)
Anal body width	11.8 ± 0.9 (10.7–12.9)	11.9 ± 0.6 (11.1–12.4)
Tail length	28.6 ± 0.5 (27.9–29.0)	24.7 ± 2.0 (22.0–26.4)
Excretory pore from anterior end	83.3 ± 5.0 (76.3–87.4)	71.9 ± 3.4 (69.3–76.7)
Lip width	8.0 ± 0.1 (7.9–8.1)	7.6 ± 0.3 (7.1–7.9)
Lip height	2.6 ± 0.0 (2.6–2.7)	2.5 ± 0.3 (2.1–2.7)
Metacorpus length	11.3 ± 0.9 (10.0–12.2)	10.7 ± 0.5 (10.0–11.3)
Metacorpus width	9.2 ± 1.0 (7.8–10.0)	7.9 ± 0.2 (7.6–8.1)
VA	82.4 ± 8.0 (75.1–93.6)	–
VBD	17.6 ± 1.3 (15.9–19.2)	–
PUS	19.4 ± 2.3 (16.8–22.4)	–......continued on next page
Spicule length	–	15.0 ± 1.0 (14.3–16.5)
Gubernaculum length	–	4.3 ± 0.4 (3.8–4.7)
Lip W/H	3.0 ± 0.0 (3.0–3.1)	3.1 ± 0.2 (2.9–3.3)
Metacorpus L/W	1.2 ± 0.0 (1.2–1.3)	1.4 ± 0.0 (1.3–1.4)
Gubernaculum %Spicule	–	28.9 ± 2.6 (26.8–32.6)
PUS/VBD	1.1 ± 0.1 (1.0–1.3)	–
Meloidogyne naasi (Fig. 3 E–H)