Author | Chapin (1925) | Borgsteede and Okulewicz (2001) | Sultanov (1946) | Vogel (1928) | Okulewicz (1984) | Hartwich (1994) | Krone et al. 2007 |
Country | USA, North America | Holland, Europe | Tajikistan, Asia | Germany, Europe | Poland, Europe | Germany, Europe | Germany, Europe |
Host | Buteo borealis | Accipiter gentilis, Buteo buteo, B. lagopus | Circus aeruginosus | Grus sp., Balearica pavonina | Ciconia ciconia | Anseriformes, Ciconiiformes Gruiformes | Accipiter gentilis, A. nisus, B. buteo, C. aeruginosus, Haliaeetus albicilla |
Number of teeth | 6 – 7 | | 7 | 7 | | 6 – 7 | 6 – 7 |
Head collar | absent | | | absent | | absent | absent |
Male: Body length | 12 | 10.815 – 13.420 | 13.26 – 13.30 | 7.1 – 9.8 (8.7) | 8.11 – 8.43 | 4 – 14 | 12.9 |
Body width | | 0.487 – 0.545 | 0.501 | | 0.31 – 0.35 | 0.25 – 0.6 | 0.409 |
Oesophagus length | | 0.73 | 0.721 – 0.745 | 0.714 | | 0.51 – 0.58 | 0.728 |
Buccal capsule (width x depth) | 0.185 x 0.185 | 0.175 – 0.187 x 0.165 – 0.174 | 0.232 x 0.276 – 0.280 | 0.105 – 0.125 (0.114) x 0.095 – 0.11 (0.106) | 0.101 – 0.105 x 0.095 – 0.10 0 | .065 – 0.170 x 0.055 – 0.166 | 0.201 x 0.184 |
Spicules length | 0.47 – 0.49 | 0.49 – 0.511 | 0.512 | 0.58 – 0.77 (0.63) | 0.64 – 0.67 in original text 0.64 – 6.67 – probably typographic error surprisingly, with only part of the sequences deposited by Krone et al. (2007) and described as “Hovorkonema variegatum” (Fig. 1). | 0.320 – 0.870 | 0.522 |
Gubernaculum | present, 0.067 long | present, 0.070 – 0.074 long | absent | present | ? | ? | ? |
Female: Body length | up to 30 | 26.7 – 28.95 | 18.5 – 19 | 15.3 – 30.5 | 25.95 | 4.9 – 46 | 29.3 |
Body width | | 0.975 – 1.4 | 1.02 | | 0.68 | 0.55 – 1.0 | 1.04 |
Oesophagus length | 0.96 | 0.908 – 0.952 | | | 1.09 | 0.55 – 1.25 0 | .935 |
Buccal capsule (width x depth) | 0.37 x 0.28 | 0.36 – 0.37 x 0.275 – 0.283 | 0.408 – 0.544 | 0.393 – 0.275 | 0.31 x 0.25 | 0.11 – 0.56 x 0.08 – 0.368 | 0.525 x 0.371 |
Vulvar distance from anterior end | “…vulva just before to the middle of the body…” | 13.07 – 14.375 | before middle of the body | 36 – 40.5 (38.2) % of the body length | 10.22 | 14 – 16 | 16.94 |
Tail length | | 0.350 – 0.377 | 0.360 | 0.19 – 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.16 – 0.45 | 0.467 |
Eggs | 0.072 x 0.042 | 0.074 – 0.076 x 0.042 – 0.044 | 0.092 – 0.096 x 0.048 | 0.070 – 0.088 x 0.046 – 0.055 | 0.072 – 0.080 x 0.049 – 0.051 0 | | .082 x 0.043 |