Table 2 Comparative morphometric of infective juveniles (IJs) and adult generations from populations of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora with original description. All measurements are in μm (except ratio and percentage) and in the form of mean (range)
IJs | L | BD | EP | NR | PL | T | a | b | c | D% | E% |
PH H. bacteriophora (Poinar, 1976) | 527 (474–568) | 25 (22–28) | 119 (110–127) | 73 (61–90) | 99 (90–115) | 74 (57–90) | 22 (19–25) | 5.4 (4.7–6.1) | 7.3 (5.5–9.3) | 122 (105–139) | 7165 (131–211) |
558 (512–671) | 23 (18–31) | 103 (87–110) | 85 (72–93) | 125 (10–139) | 98 (83–112) | 25 (17–30) | 4.5 (4–5.1) | 6.2 (5.7–7) | 84 (76–92) | 112 (103–130) | |
Males | L | BD | EP | NR | PL | T | SL | GL | SW% | GS% | D% |
PH H. bacteriophora (Poinar, 1996) | 865 (782–927) | 108 (92–120) | 122 (103–139) | 66 (58–76) | 96 (84–105) | 32 (28–37) | 44 (31–53) | 21 (17–26) | 242 (194–282) | 47 (37–57) | 128 (108–157) |
820 (780–960) | 43 (38–46) | 121 (114–130) | 72 (65–81) | 103 (99–105) | 28 (22–36) | 40 (36–44) | 20 (18–25) | 174 | 50 | 117 | |
Hermaphrodites | L | BD | EP | NR | PL | T | V% | D% | E% | ABW | Â |
PH H. bacteriophora (Poinar, 1996 | 4952 (3086–5492) | 292 (221–352) | 209 (127–260) | 131 (79–162) | 159 (101–200) | 30 (22–35) | 45 (37–52) | 132 (112–155) | 227 (105–302) | 51 (34–75) |  |
4030 (3630–4390) | 165 (160–180) | 209 (189–217) | 126 (121–130) | 197 (189–205) | 90 (81–93) | 44 (41–47) | 106 | 232 | 46 (40–53) |  | |
Females | L | BD | EP | NR | PL | T | V% | D% | E% | ABW | Â |
PH H. bacteriophora (Poinar, 1976) | 1874 (1513–2290) | 110 (84–150) | 152 (128–181) | 85 (71–99) | 123 (113–135) | 56 (41–79) | 45 (38–51) | 124 (108–150) | 278 (187–360) | 29 (24–39) |  |
3500 (3180–3850) | 190 (160–220) | 192 (174–214) | 103 (93–118) | 168 (155–183) | 82 (71–93) | 47 (42–53) | 114 | 234 | 28 (22–31) |  |