Vas, Fibiger, 2010

Ragsdale, Erik J., Kanzaki, Natsumi, Yamashita, Tatsuya & Shinya, Ryoji, 2022, Tokorhabditis tauri n. sp. and T. atripennis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), isolated from Onthophagus dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Eastern USA and Japan, Journal of Nematology 54 (1), pp. 1-21 : 18

PerCentage Of VaS deferenS 50.6 48.2 ± 3.4 to whole gonad (41.0–53.0)

Spicule length (curve) 21.2 21.5 ± 1.1 (20.1–23.4)

Spicule length (chord) 19.8 20.4 ± 1.0 (19.1–21.6)

Gubernaculum length (chord) 11.2 11.2 ± 0.7 (10.1–12.2)

Anterior ovary length – –

Posterior ovary length – –

Anterior/posterior ovary – – length ratio

Phasmid from anus – –

Relative position of phasmid – –

to anal body diam. d

Relative position of phasmid – –

to tail lengthe

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104 ± 11 126 ± 19 – (94–126) (100–158)

111 ± 10 132 ± 21 – (97–125) (94–161)

0.94 ± 0.07 0.96 ± 0.11 – (0.81–1.04) (0.72–1.08)

17.2 ± 1.1 15.3 ± 2.3 – (15.5–19.1) (11.2–18.9)

1.09 ± 0.10 0.86 ± 0.12 – (0.98–1.25) (0.76–1.09)

13.0 ± 1.1 10.9 ± 1.9 – (11.4–14.5) (8.7–15.0)

aTail length including tail spike.

bGonad length including reflexed part and VaS deferenS.

cBody diam. is maximum at vulval position in hermaphrodite and female (vulval body diam. = maximum body diam.). dCalculated as anus-phasmid distance/anal body diam.

eCalculated as ×100 anus-phasmid distance/whole tail length.