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Table 2 Phenetic differentiation between sexes in each of the species

From: Wing sexual dimorphism of pathogen-vector culicids

 

Number of individuals

 

Cross validation score

  

Mahalanobis Distance

 

Species

  

Without allometry (%)

With allometry (%)

     
 

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Allometry (%)

P

With allometry

Without allometry

p

Cx. quinquefasciatus

17

17

100

100

71

71

4.57

0.1454

34.10

34.06

<.0001

Cx. nigripalpus

16

20

62.5

75

75

65

8.51

0.0025

16.70

16.62

<.0001

Oc. scapularis

24

25

100

100

100

96

5.64

0.0147

13.71

13.71

<.0001

An. albitarsis l.s.

15

9

87

89

53.3

67

9.50

0.0144

8.70

11.74

<.0001

An. homunculus

32

24

97

96

100

96

7.08

<.0001

9.94

10.23

<.0001

An. strodei l.s.

22

16

59.1

81.3

59.1

81.3

5.91

0.0219

9.19

10.14

<.0001

An. triannulatus l.s.

22

17

68.2

58.8

68.2

70.6

5.37

0.0379

9.00

9.68

<.0001

Ae. aegypti

25

25

96

92

92

84

6.55

0.0003

8.68

8.16

<.0001

An. cruzii

40

33

87.5

94

92.5

100

5.20

0.0001

7.12

7.57

<.0001

Ae. albopictus

25

25

88

88

88

88

3.70

0.0689

6.78

7.34

<.0001

  1. Signifiacant p-values are in bold. †: The p-values for the MD were equivalent for both cases (with/without allometry).
  2. Scores for the reclassification test after validation; allometric residues; and Mahalanobis distances and their respective statistical significances.