MEHRAB ESMAEILI, RAMIN HEYDARI, EBRAHIM POURJAM & MOHAMMAD REZA ATIGHI (2014) Description of Ektaphelenchoides fuchsi n. sp. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) from western Iran. Zootaxa, 3846 (3): 430 - 438. Author Esmaeili, Mehrab Author Heydari, Ramin Author Pourjam, Ebrahim Author Atighi, Mohammad Reza text Zootaxa 2014 3860 6 600 600 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.9 1175-5326 4930346 7661429C-DA69-49C7-97B9-9BA3B8056276

TABLE1. Morphometric data of Ektaphelenchoides fuchsi n. sp. All measurements are in μm and in the form: mean ± s.d. (range).

	Female		Male
Characters	Holotype	Paratypes	Paratypes
n	–	15	3
L	634	617.5 ± 54.5 (529 – 712)	453 ± 71.6 (395–533)
a	33.4	33.1 ± 1.8 (30.3 – 36.6)	28.8 ± 2.3 (26.9 – 31.4)
b	11.1	9.8 ± 1.1 (8.4 – 12.6)	8.3 ± 0.6 (7.6–8.8)
b’	5.1	4 ± 0.6 (2.8 – 5.1)	3.4± 0.4 (3.0 – 3.8)
c	6.3	–	8.4 ± 1.1 (7.6 – 9.6)
c’	14.3	–	5.2 ± 1.3 (4.3 – 6.7)
V or T	66.9	70.6 ± 5.8 (64.2 – 87.5)	27.8 ± 4.4 (22.9 – 31.3)
Lip region height	3	3.3 ± 0.4 (3 – 4)	3.0 ± 0.0 (3 – 3)
Lip region width	7	7.2 ± 0.5 (6 – 8)	6.8 ± 0.3 (6.5 – 7.0)
Stylet length	16	16.3 ± 1.1 (14 – 18)	15.3 ± 2.1 (13 – 17)
Stylet shaft length	10	10.2 ± 0.7 (9 – 11)	9.2 ± 1.4 (7.5 – 10.0)
Conus length	6	6.2 ± 0.6 (5 – 7)	6.2 ± 0.8 (5.5 – 7.0)
m 1	37.5	37.6 ± 2.1 (34.4 – 41.2)	39.8 ± 2 (37.5 – 41.2)
MB 2	82.5	86.9 ± 4.2 (80 – 98.4)	97.2 ± 1 (96.2 – 98.0)
Body diameter at median bulb	15	15.4 ± 0.8 (14 – 17)	13.8 ± 1.3 (12.5 – 15.0)
Body width	19	19 ± 1.8 (15.5 – 22)	15.7 ± 1.5 (14 – 17)
Nerve ring from anterior end	81.7	81.7 ± 4.4 (78 – 90)	66.5 ± 10.6 (59 – 74)
Median bulb width	11	10.8 ± 0.6 (10 – 12)	9.3 ± 2.1 (7 – 11)
Median bulb length	17	17.3 ± 0.9 (16 – 19)	15 ± 1.0 (14 – 16)
Median bulb length/diam. ratio	1.5	1.6 ± 0.1 (1.5 – 1.9)	1.7 ± 0.3 (1.4 – 2.0)
E. pore from anterior end	76	74.6 ± 4.7 (70 – 84)	64.7 ± 5.9 (58 – 69)
Hemizonid from anterior end	89	90.7 ± 4.7 (87 – 96)	70 ± 8.5 (64 – 76)
Pharynx length	57	63.9 ± 6.5 (50 – 73)	54.5 ± 7.1 (49.0 – 62.5)
Overlapping 3	76	95.2 ± 16.4 (72 – 120)	78.8 ± 14.3 (65.0 – 93.5)
Ovary length or Testis	316	277.7 ± 42.6 (212 – 343)	124 ± 10 (115 – 135)
Anal (cloacal) body diameter	–	–	10 ±1 (9 – 11)
Tail length	–	–	55 ± 13.2 (45 – 70)
Spicules length (arc line)	–	–	12.3 ± 0.6 (12 – 13)
Capitulum length	–	–	4.5 ± 0.7 (4 – 5)