Morphologic and Molecular Characterization of a Demodex (Acari: Demodicidae) Species from White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Table 2

Morphologic measurements of adult Demodex species from cervids.

	Male				Female
	𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑥 sp. from WTD; (𝑛=44)^b	𝐷.𝑘𝑢𝑡𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑖^c	𝐷.𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑠^d	𝐷.𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑖^e	𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑥 sp. from WTD; (𝑛=42)^b	𝐷.𝑘𝑢𝑡𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑖	𝐷.𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑒𝑠	𝐷.𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑖
Gnathosoma
Length^a	29.4 ± 3.4	25.5 ± 1.0	24.7 ± 1.5	15.8 ± 1.1	31.5 ± 3.9	31.5 ± 1.3	27.7 ± 1.2	18.1 ± 0.8
Width	31.8 ± 3.4	30.0 ± 1.6	35.4 ± 1.7	16.9 ± 0.9	32.9 ± 3.07	32.5 ± 2.1	40 ± 2.1	19.3 ± 0.8
Podosoma
Length	70.4 ± 5.8	64.7 ± 5.1	75.9 ± 2.2	46.7 ± 2.9	71.9 ± 5.4	66.8 ± 3.0	87.1 ± 2.8	53 ± 2.1
Width	56.7 ± 4.3	68.3 ± 6.9	53.7 ± 3.8	30.7 ± 1.5	56.6 ± 5.2	69.4 ± 4.2	61.2 ± 4.2	35.3 ± 1.6
Opisthosoma
Length	110.2 ± 12.3	126.0 ± 12.0	91.8 ± 9.8	86 ± 12.7	123.5 ± 12.9	144.2 ± 14.1	105.3 ± 7.4	98.7 ± 13.5
Width	49.9 ± 6.2	66.9 ± 4.3	45.1 ± 2.9	23.9 ± 1.8	45.3 ± 6.0	63.0 ± 6.5	53.4 ± 3	27.8 ± 2.2
Total length	209.1 ± 13.1	216.1 ± 13.9	192 ± 10.8	148.4 ± 13.8	225.5 ± 13.4	242.5 ± 15.2	220.2 ± 9.5	169.8 ± 13.6
Aedeagus	29.8 ± 0.9	32.6 ± 2.7	23.1 ± 0.8	17.7 ± 0.8
Vulva					11.2 ± 2.0	10.7 ± 0.6	~9–12	4.6 ± 0.4

aLengths and widths are given in 𝜇m and are followed by ± SD.
^b𝑛: the number of each stage measured.
^cSee [3].
^dSee [12].
^eSee [4].