Research Article
Description of the Postlarval Stages of Dactylochelifer gracilis Beier, Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae
Table 2
The ratios of morphological characters in Dactylochelifer gracilis.
| Appendages ratios (L/W) | Male | Female | Tritonymph | Deutonymph | Protonymph |
| Carapace | 1.03–1.63 | 1.09–1.42 | 1.00–1.18 | 1.03–1.18 | 1.00–1.28 |
| Pedipalp | Trochanter | 1.68–2.00 | 1.83–2.07 | 1.48–1.84 | 1.44–1.83 | 1.41–1.60 | Femur | 4.09–4.81 | 4.12–4.66 | 3.13–3.87 | 2.61–3.41 | 2.06–3.00 | Patella | 3.07–3.51 | 3.17–3.60 | 2.28–2.74 | 2.05–2.50 | 1.75–2.25 | Chela with pedicel | 3.90–4.50 | 3.95–4.43 | 3.19–4.12 | 3.36–4.17 | 3.11–4.07 | Chela without pedicel | 3.65–4.16 | 3.65–4.20 | 3.03–3.83 | 3.18–3.88 | 2.89–3.86 | Hand with pedicel | 2.29–2.53 | 2.23–2.48 | 1.77–2.29 | 1.81–2.35 | 0.28–0.30 |
| Leg I | Trochanter | 1.00–1.21 | 1.28–1.42 | 1.07–1.27 | 1.00–1.12 | 1.00–1.16 | Femur | 1.81–2.14 | 1.80–2.06 | 1.37–1.83 | 1.66–1.87 | 1.25–1.71 | Patella | 2.35–3.07 | 3.18–3.66 | 2.36–2.81 | 2.37–2.86 | 2.00–2.50 | Tibia | 2.61–3.00 | 3.63–4.33 | 2.40–3.57 | 2.43–2.83 | 1.71–2.60 | Tarsus | 2.20–2.57 | 5.00–6.28 | 3.00–4.62 | 3.30–4.00 | 2.50–3.20 |
| Leg IV | Trochanter | 1.71–2.33 | 1.86–2.53 | 1.61–2.00 | 1.66–2.00 | 1.42–1.62 | Femur | 1.46–1.84 | 1.66–2.00 | 1.28–1.75 | 1.33–1.75 | 1.22–1.71 | Patella | 3.16–3.77 | 3.52–4.05 | 2.20–3.00 | 2.31–2.88 | 1.75–2.22 | Tibia | 5.50–6.44 | 5.81–6.70 | 4.00–4.87 | 3.22–4.16 | 2.71–3.25 | Tarsus | 5.37–6.43 | 5.87–6.57 | 3.00–4.86 | 3.57–4.80 | 2.83–3.80 |
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