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Table 3 Comparisons a of key characters for tick species for which enough specimens were available

From: Morphological and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato from the New and Old Worlds

Species

I L

I B

DS C

DS B

C L

C B

BC L

BC B

AP L

AP B

AP L/B ratio

DP B

FI B

DP/FI ratio

Rb vs. Rs M

<0.05

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.01

ns

<0.05

<0.05

Rb vs. Rt M

ns

<0.01

<0.05

<0.01

<0.05

<0.05

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

<0.01

ns

<0.05

<0.05

Rb vs. RspI M

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

<0.05

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.05

<0.01

ns

<0.05

ns

Rb vs. RspII M

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

ns

ns

ns

Rs vs. Rt M

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

ns

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

ns

<0.01

<0.05

ns

<0.05

Rs vs. RspI M

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

ns

ns

ns

Rs vs. RspII M

<0.05

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

ns

ns

<0.05

ns

Rt vs. RspI M

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

<0.05

ns

<0.05

Rt vs. RspII M

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

RspI vs. RspII M

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

ns

ns

ns

Rb vs. Rs F

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

ns

<0.01

ns

Rb vs. Rt F

<0.05

<0.05

ns

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.01

<0.05

Rb vs. RspI F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.01

ns

Rb vs. RspII F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.01

ns

Rs vs. Rt F

ns

ns

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

<0.05

ns

<0.05

Rs vs. RspI F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.05

ns

ns

ns

Rs vs. RspII F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Rt vs. RspI F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

<0.05

ns

<0.05

Rt vs. RspII F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

RspI vs. RspII F

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

  1. aComparisons were made with a Kruskal-Wallis (with Dunn’s post-hoc tests) or ANOVA (with Tukey’s post-hoc; in bold).
  2. Abbreviations: Rb: Rhipicephalus bursa, Rs: Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, Rt: Rhipicephalus turanicus, RspI: Rhipicephalus sp. I, Rhipicephalus sp. II, M: male, F: female, ns: not significant, L: length, B: breadth, I: idiosoma, DS: dorsal scutum, C: capitulum, BC: basis capituli, AP: adanal plates, DP: dorsal projection of spiracular plates, FI: first festoon.