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Table 6 The number of mandibular and maxillary teeth (average ± standard deviation) and the ratio M/M of mandibular vs. maxillary teeth

From: Delineation of Culicoides species by morphology and barcode exemplified by three new species of the subgenus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Scandinavia

Species

N 1

N 2

Mandibular teeth

N2

Maxillary teeth

Ratio M/M

Fronto-vertex/ocellus

C. pulicaris

10

18

16.7 ± 1.2C

17

19.5 ± 1.1C

1.17 ± 0.08A

1.2 ± 0.3 AC

C. punctatus

10

20

15.7 ± 1.2 B

18

19.6 ± 1.0C

1.26 ± 0.14 B

0.9 ± 0.5 C

C. boyi

11

21

15.1 ± 1.2 B

19

17.1 ± 1.4 E

1.13 ± 0.10 A

1.5 ± 0.2 BDF

C. deltus

5

10

15.8 ± 0.6 CB

7

18.1 ± 1.5 B

1.15 ± 0.08 A

1.7 ± 0.4BD

C. newsteadi

5

10

13.4 ± 1.4 A

8

15.9 ± 1.5 A

1.18 ± 0.20 AC

0.3 ± 0.3 E

C. selandicus

4

7

15.0 ± 1.0 B

8

19.6 ± 1.5 C

1.31 ± 0.12 BC

1.5 ± 0.8AD

C. impunctatus

6

11

13.7 ± 1.0 A

9

15.0 ± 0.9 A

1.12 ± 0.10 A

1.9 ± 0.3B

C. grisescens

5

10

15.2 ± 1.2 B

10

22.0 ± 0.7 D

1.46 ± 0.13C

0 ± 0.0E

C. kalix

5

10

12.80 ± 0.6 A

10

14.9 ± 1.5A

1.17 ± 0.12 A

1.2 ± 0.3ACF

  1. The ratio of fronto-vertex divided by ocellus. N1 = number of specimens; N2 = number counted. Means with the same letters are not significant different.