Table 1 Measurements of male and female lice collected from Ciconia nigra
From: Presence of one ecto- and two endoparasite species of the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Portugal
Measurement (mm) | Males (n = 10) | Females (n = 7) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum | Maximum | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Average | |
Cephalic length | 0.57 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.77 | 0.74 |
Cephalic width | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.94 | 0.90 |
Thoracic length | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
Thoracic width | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.78 |
Abdominal length | 1.15 | 1.39 | 1.30 | 1.62 | 2.13 | 1.91 |
Abdominal width | 0.78 | 1.08 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 1.28 | 1.20 |
Total length | 2.11 | 2.52 | 2.34 | 2.75 | 3.42 | 3.13 |