Comparative and cladistic analyses of the species of the genus Pelodera Schneider, 1866 (Rhabditidae: Nematoda) belonging to the coarctata group Author Mahboob, Mohammad 2AC2EB4A-7235-4322-8297-B090AE9F3BF0 Nematode Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh- 202002, India. mohdmahboob05@gmail.com Author Jahan, Rehmat 2478B909-293A-48A3-B56E-F8A0D0256591 Nematode Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh- 202002, India. rehmatjahan786@gmail.com Author Tahseen, Qudsia CA060608-7296-45B6-BDC6-4BA557043268 Nematode Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh- 202002, India. qtahseen@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-08-25 890 1 71 114 http://zoobank.org/f062c142-9da5-464b-92f7-b05fcf4590f9 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2023.890.2253 096d6da3-d8c2-4197-85f2-87fd743b60ec 2118-9773 8283523 F062C142-9DA5-464B-92F7-B05FCF4590F9

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