Table 6 Measurements [in μm] of selected morphological structures of individuals of Macrobiotus pallarii Maucci, 1954 from the topotypic population (IT.337) mounted in Hoyer’s medium (N–number of specimens/structures measured, RANGE refers to the smallest and the largest structures among all measured specimens; SD–standard deviation)
CHARACTER | N | RANGE | MEAN | SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
μm | pt | μm | pt | μm | pt | ||
Body length | 9 | 421 – 617 | 1005 – 1413 | 536 | 1169 | 77 | 136 |
Buccal tube | |||||||
Buccal tube length | 8 | 41.7 – 48.1 | – | 44.9 | – | 2.6 | – |
Stylet support insertion point | 8 | 32.5 – 37.3 | 77.1 – 79.4 | 35.0 | 77.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
Buccal tube external width | 8 | 5.9 – 7.2 | 13.9 – 16.6 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
Buccal tube internal width | 8 | 3.8 – 5.1 | 9.1 – 11.8 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
Ventral lamina length | 8 | 22.6 – 28.2 | 51.4 – 59.4 | 25.3 | 56.4 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
Placoid lengths | |||||||
Macroplacoid 1 | 8 | 12.6 – 16.1 | 28.5 – 34.6 | 14.3 | 31.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
Macroplacoid 2 | 8 | 7.9 – 10.5 | 18.5 – 21.9 | 9.0 | 20.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
Microplacoid | 8 | 3.3 – 5.1 | 7.5 – 11.8 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
Macroplacoid row | 8 | 21.8 – 27.0 | 52.0 – 60.8 | 25.0 | 55.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
Placoid row | 8 | 26.6 – 32.8 | 61.3 – 75.6 | 30.2 | 67.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
Claw 1 heights | |||||||
External primary branch | 8 | 9.9 – 12.7 | 23.6 – 27.7 | 11.3 | 24.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
External secondary branch | 7 | 7.9 – 10.0 | 18.2 – 23.1 | 8.6 | 19.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
Internal primary branch | 8 | 8.4 – 12.7 | 20.1 – 25.4 | 10.5 | 23.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
Internal secondary branch | 6 | 7.1 – 8.6 | 16.6 – 19.9 | 7.7 | 17.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
Claw 2 heights | |||||||
External primary branch | 8 | 10.1 – 13.8 | 23.5 – 30.3 | 11.5 | 25.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
External secondary branch | 8 | 8.4 – 10.3 | 18.1 – 23.8 | 9.1 | 20.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
Internal primary branch | 8 | 9.3 – 12.4 | 21.7 – 27.7 | 10.7 | 23.4 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
Internal secondary branch | 8 | 7.4 – 9.8 | 17.0 – 22.6 | 8.3 | 18.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
Claw 3 heights | |||||||
External primary branch | 8 | 9.9 – 13.5 | 22.5 – 30.9 | 11.7 | 25.8 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
External secondary branch | 8 | 7.7 – 10.4 | 17.7 – 23.3 | 9.1 | 20.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
Internal primary branch | 8 | 8.7 – 12.6 | 20.9 – 29.1 | 10.9 | 24.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
Internal secondary branch | 8 | 7.5 – 9.8 | 17.3 – 22.6 | 8.3 | 18.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
Claw 4 heights | |||||||
Anterior primary branch | 7 | 11.7 – 14.3 | 26.6 – 30.6 | 13.0 | 28.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
Anterior secondary branch | 6 | 8.8 – 10.2 | 19.3 – 22.2 | 9.5 | 21.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
Posterior primary branch | 6 | 12.5 – 16.2 | 29.5 – 34.6 | 14.3 | 31.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
Posterior secondary branch | 3 | 9.9 – 10.5 | 22.1 – 24.2 | 10.3 | 23.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |