Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 23. (Budapest, 1990)

Table 2 Metrie data of Sphaerirostris lancea from Vanellus vanellus CHARACTERISTICS 661-1 -3 (female 398 (female) CHARACTERISTICS n min -max x n min-max Total length 3 16.94 -19.33 18 326 1 17.48 Trunk: length 3 16.35 -18.60 17 70 1 16.50 width 3 1.50 -1.89 1 73 1 1.56 width (posterior part) 3 0.60 -0.75 0 65 1 0.66 Proboscis : length 3 0.560 -0.606 0 586 1 0.731 max. width 3 0.331 -0.363 0 352 1 0.388 width of constricted place 3 0.281 -0.325 0. 306 1 0.281 width (basal part) 3 0.281 -0.344 0. 300 1 0.400 Number of longitudinal rows of hooks 3 34 -36 1 36 Number of hooks in each row 3 11 -12 1 13 Hook sizes: (blade x root) 2nd 0.035 -0.045 0.0375-0.0475 3rd 0 040 -0 .0450 xO.050-0. 0625 0 0375-0.0425x0.050 4th 0 035 -0 .0425 xO.035-0. 055 0.0425x0.0513 5th 0 030 -0 .0375 xO.035-0. 0375 0 0375x0.0375-0.040 6th 0 030 -0 .0375 xO.0275-0 .035 0.0325x0.0300 7th - 12th (13th) 0 025 -0 .0325 xO.0250-0 .030 0 0325x0.0250-0.030 Neck : length 1 0 120 1 0.250 width 1 0.440 Proboscis receptacle: length 3 0.80 -0.99 1 0.85 width 3 0.24 -0.25 1 0.281 Lemnisci: length Eggs : length 0 .0375 -0.0575 0.0425-0.0550 width 0 .0175 -0.0225 0.0175-0.0275