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Table 3 Morphological measurements of the two different morphotypes of male Rhipicephalus turanicus collected from nestling Eurasian eagle owls (Bubo bubo)

From: Five ixodid tick species including two morphotypes of Rhipicephalus turanicus on nestlings of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) from south-eastern Bulgaria

 

Morphotype

t*

‘Small’

‘Large’

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Idiosoma length

3275.92

48.71

4266.39

112.35

−8.089

Scutum length

2427.57

31.70

3035.82

63.45

−8.575

Scutum breadth

1582.19

33.41

2051.76

40.04

−9.005

Gnathosoma length

574.97

9.71

756.41

30.08

−5.739

Gnathosoma breadth

623.28

10.14

775.92

23.93

−5.873

Adanal plate length

706.01

18.26

996.60

36.41

−7.135

Adanal plate breadth

269.63

11.11

389.06

13.91

−6.708

Coxa II. length

370.23

7.29

492.74

21.42

−5.414

Coxa II. breadth

276.01

4.55

361.76

9.29

−8.288

  1. All measurements are in μm, showing the mean and SE for the 10 individuals measured
  2. *All tests two-tailed and significant at p < 0.001