| Table 1. Morphometrics of Steinernema leizhouense. Measurements are in μm and in the form: | ||||||||
| mean ± sd (range). | ||||||||
| Character | First | generation | Second | generation | Infective | |||
| Holotype | ||||||||
| (Male) | Male | Female | Male | Female | juvenile | |||
| n | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | ||
| L | 1480 | 1525 ± 197 | 4347 ± 1577 | 1232 ± 101 | 2265 ± 403 | 983 ± 35 | ||
| (1225- 1950) | (2500-8900) | (1090-1439) | (91692-3421) | (900-1050) | ||||
| a | 28 ± 4.8 | |||||||
| (23-38) | ||||||||
| b | 7.5 ± 0.7 | |||||||
| (6.8-8.9 | ||||||||
| c | 13.9 ± 2 | |||||||
| (11.0-16.8) | ||||||||
| V | 52.5 | 52.5 | ||||||
| (49-57) | ||||||||
| Body diam. | 105 | 104 ± 27 | 219 ± 30 | 66 ± 6.5 | 162 ± 22 | 38 ± 2.3 | ||
| (75-143) | (170-285) | (55-79) | (114-211) | (35-43) | ||||
| EP | 125 | 135 ± 11 | 123 ± 10 | 94 ± 14 | 90 ± 16 | 83 ± 2.6 | ||
| (118-158) | (105-150) | (59-120) | (68-118) | (80-88) | ||||
| NR | 140 | 148 ± 15 | 185 ± 18 | 116 ± 14 | 150 ± 24 | 101 ± 4.1 | ||
| (125-173) | (145-218) | (82-139) | (118-203) | (95-108) | ||||
| ES | 170 | 177 ± 12 | 256 ± 18 | 161 ± 16 | 221 ± 33 | 133 ± 5.7 | ||
| (148-195) | (218-288) | (142-187) | (174-312) | (125-143) | ||||
| Testis reflexion | 209 ± 60 | |||||||
| (164-307) | ||||||||
| Tail length (T) | 37 | 35 ± 5.6 | 60 ± 9 | 34 ± 5 | 59 ± 7 | 66 ± 4.9 | ||
| (28-50) | (50-75) | (27-48) | (50-70) | (58-75) | ||||
| Anal body diam | 43 | 40 ± 4.9 | 63 ± 11 | 39 ± 4.5 | 49 ± 6 | 26 ± 1.3 | ||
| (ABD) | (33-48) | (53-100) | (33-47) | (33-56) | (58-75) | |||
| Spicule length | 83 | 82 ± 4.9 | 67 ± 15 | |||||
| (SL) | 75-93) | (61-79) | ||||||
| Spicule width | 10 ±1.5 | |||||||
| (9-13.6) | ||||||||
| Gubernaculum | 54 | 55±3.3 | 48 ± 3.6 | |||||
| length (GL) | (50-60) | (42-55) | ||||||
| Gubernaculum | 7.9 ±0.8 | |||||||
| width | (7.6-10.6) | |||||||
| D% = EP/ES | 74 | 75 ± 5 | 59 ±7 | 59 ± 3.4 | ||||
| x 100 | (67-83) | (43-71) | (54-63) | |||||
| E% = EP/T | 120 ± 12.6 | |||||||
| x 100 | (105-140) | |||||||
| SW% = SL/ABD | 193 | 213 ± 0.23 | 180 ± 2 | |||||
| x 100 | (177-251) | (150-230) | ||||||
| GS% = GL/SL | 65 | 67 ± 4 | 59 ± 7 | |||||
| x 100 | (60-74) | (43-71) | ||||||
| H%= Hyaline/T | 39 ± 3.4 | |||||||
| x 100 | (33-45) | |||||||
| EP = distance from anterior end to excretory pore; NR = distance from anterior end to nerve ring; | ||||||||
| ES = distance from anterior end to end of pharynx. | ||||||||
| After the original authors. | ||||||||