TABLE 1 in Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Two New and Two Already Known Species of the Genus Pallisentis (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) from India with an Update in Key to the Species

TABLE 1. Morphometric comparison of the hooks of P. himachalensis n. sp. and P longus n. sp. with the closely related species of the genus SpeciesPallisentis himachalensis (Present study)Pallisentis gomtii Gupta & Verma 1980Pallisentis longus (Present study)Pallisentis roparensis (Rana & Kaur, 2021)Pallisentis nagpurensis (Bhalero, 1931) Baylis, 1933Circles of proboscis hooks44444Number of proboscis hooks in each circle8–108–109–10108–10Hook length fromH1 82–108 (95)H1 30–70 (50)H1 73–94 (83)H1 79–84 (81.5)H1 90–100 (95)anterior to posterior in males (µm)H2 67–77 (72)H2 25–50 (37.5)H2 61–81 (71)H2 63–67 (65)H2 75–80 (77.5)H3 45–59 (52)H3 21–41 (31)H3 52–54 (53)H3 42–45 (43.5)H3 60–70 (65)H4 34–46 (40)H4 20–31(25.5)H4 38–48 (43)H4 30–37 (33.5)H4 30–40 (35)Hook length fromH1 84–114 (98)H1 60–100 (80)H1 82 –96 (89)H1 97–98 (97.5)H1 80–90 (85)anterior to posterior in females (µm)H2 65–79 (72)H2 60–89 (74.5)H2 67–79 (73)H2 73–76 (74.5)H2 60–75 (67.5)H3 48–61 (54)H3 30–60 (45)H3 47–59 (53)H3 54–58 (56)H3 50–60 (55)H4 35–49 (42)H4 30–40 (35)H4 31–49 (40)H4 32–36 (34)H4 30–40 (35)