Trichospirura aethiopica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from Malacomys longipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in Gabon, first record of the genus in the Ethiopian Realm

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Table 2.

Morphological characteristics of the females of Trichospirura aethiopica n. sp. from Malacomys longipes in Gabon and Trichospirura spp.

Species	aethiopica n. sp.		leptostoma	willmottae	sp.^d	teixeirai^e	amphibiophila
Specimen status or reference	Allotype	Paratype	Smith & Chitwood, 1967	Chabaud & Krishnasamy, 1975^c	Chabaud & Krishnasamy, 1975^c	Coy Otero, 1970	Moravec & Kaiser, 1994
Body length (mm)	13.4	15.6	12–20	7.5	5.6	9.88–19	10–11.18
Body width at mid-body	225	255	350	230	70	240–440	340
Nerve ring to apex	320	330	330	225	230	750–990	411
Deirids to apex	270	285	240	190	180	–	216–225
Excretory pore to apex	430	370	650	290	290	825^a	495
Buccal capsule length	460	420	470–500	340	340	660–880	765
Buccal capsule width	9	8	20^a	8^a	–	10–16	9
Oesophagus total length	1360	1600	1730	1380	795	1180–1390	1358
Muscular oesophagus length	330	400	380	230	155	230–260	270
Distance vulva to posterior extremity	450	460	620	240	280	450–610	360–435
Vagina length	100	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ovijector length (including vagina)	300	350	1650 & 1350^b	300^a	130	360–450	–
Tail length	250	280	330	140	170	180–290	233–261
Tail width at anus	60	70	100^a & 70^b	75^a	35^a	–	80^a
Egg size	50–55 × 28	48 × 22	50 × 25	50 × 32	–	47–49 × 20–24	51–54 × 24–27

measured on drawings;

in the present study;

Chabaud & Krishnasamy (1975);

immature specimen;

from four host species, including Anolis equestris, the type host species originally infected with males only.

Measurements in micrometres unless otherwise specified.

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