Character Psilenchushilarulus Neopsilenchusmagnidens Boleodorusthylactus
  Female Female Female
n 6 9 8
L 1029 ± 143.3 (887.5-1224.5) 873.7 ± 40.7 (817.5-906) 483 ± 32.4 (437-526)
a 43.3 ± 0.9 (42.2-44.3) 34.1 ± 2.2 (31.2-36.2) 27 ± 2.2 (25-30.9)
b 7.1 ± 0.4 (6.4-7.5) 6.5 ± 0.8 (5.8-7.8) 4.8 ± 0.2 (4.4-5.2)
c 7.7 ± 1.3 (6.7-9.7) 6.2 ± 0.8 (5.4-7.3) 7.8 ± 0.9 (6.8-9.1)
c’ 8.7 ± 1.7 (6.2-10.0) 9.8 ± 2.0 (7.8-12.2) 5.9 ± 0.5 (5.1-6.8)
V 49.8 ± 2.6 (47.8-53.5) 66.5 ± 3.1 (62.9-70.1) 65.6 ± 1.2 (63.8-67.4)
V’ 57.3 ± 2.2 (55.1-59.6) 79.4 ± 2.1 (76.3-81.1) 75.4 ± 1.1 (73.2-76.5)
Stylet 13 ± 0.7 (12.5-14) 12.6 ± 0.9 (12-14) 10.0 ± 1.6 (8.5-12)
Pharynx length 144.5 ± 19.8 (128.5-173.5) 144.5 ± 7.4 (138-155) 100.1 ± 5.1 (94-107)
MB 55.7 ± 2.5 (53.6-59.1) 44.1 ± 2.6 (40.5-47) 51.2 ± 4.7 (46.7-61)
S-E pore 117.3 ± 21.3 (100.5-148.5) 108.8 ± 5.6 (104.5-117) 82.3 ± 3.4 (79-87)
Head-Vulva 515.2 ± 95.9 (445.5-656) 581.6 ± 34.5 (555.5-632.5) 317.6 ± 24.6 (283-355)
Vulva-Anus 381 ± 54.5 (311-443.5) 150.3 ± 18.1 (135-176.5) 103.3 ± 9.9 (91.5-119)
Maximum body width 23.7 ± 3.3 (20-28) 25.7 ± 2.7 (23-29) 17.9 ± 1.2 (16-19)
PVS - 11.5 ± 2.6 (9-15) 5.4 ± 1.3 (3-7)
Tail length 132.7 ± 10.4 (125-148) 141.7 ± 20.0 (122-159) 62.4 ± 5.8 (51.5-70)
Width in vulva 23.6 ± 2.8 (20-27) 25.3 ± 2.2 (23-27.5) 15.6 ± 1.7 (13-18)
Width in anus 15.6 ± 3.0 (13-20) 14.5 ± 1.0 (13-15.5) 10.5 ± 0.9 (9-12)
T/VA 0.3 ± 0.0 (0.2-0.4) 0.9 ± 0.1 (0.8-1.1) 0.6 ± 0.0 (0.4-0.6)
G1 24.3 ± 3.0 (21.6-27.3) - -
G2 25.6 ± 0.6 (24.9-26.3) - -
Table 2: Morphometric characters of Psilenchus hilarulus, Neopsilenchus magnidens and Boleodorus thylactus collected from Iran. All measurements are in μm and in the form: mean ± s.d. (range).