Table 4 Measurements of the most important female body characters. The mean and the range of values (minimum-maximum) are given for each character with the exception of the data for C. boyi from Denmark (DK), taken from Nielsen et al. [23]. P/H ratio is given as the reverse of H/P ratio

Wing length (mm)

1.5 (1.1–1.7)

1.4 (1.1–1.6)

1.6 (1.3–1.8)

1.6 (1.2–1.95)

1.6^a

Wing ratio L/W

2.2 (1.9–2.3)

2.2 (2.1–2.3)

2.3 (2.2–2.4)

2.2 (2.0–2.2)

Antennal ratio

1.03 (0.92–1.16)

1.09 (0.54–1.35)

1.03 (0.95–1.09)

1.05 (0.99–1.08)

1.3^a

Ratio (R11/10)^*

1.37 (1.26–1.50)

1.37 (1.25–1.45)

1.41 (1.14–1.54)

1.46 (1.30–1.54)

AtR^***

1.5 (1.15–1.87)

1.5 (1.2–1.8)

1.77 (1.56–2.08)

1.7 (1.5–1.8)

1.5 (1.3–1.7)

Palpal ratio^*

2.7 (2.4–3.1)

2.7 (2.4–3.1)

2.4 (1.9–3.0)

2.3 (1.8–2.7)

2.9^a

Proboscis lenght

209 (187.5–250)

206 (188–221)

228 (203–255)

229 (199–257)

218 (203–235)

P/H ratio^***

0.8 (0.7–0.8)

0.8 (0.7–0.8)

0.8 (0.8–0.9)

0.9 (0.8–0.9)

H/P ratio^***

1.3 (1.2–1.4)

1.3 (1.3–1.4)

1.19 (1.1–1.2)

1.2 (1.1–1.2)

1.29^a

Spermatheca I length (μm)

71 (51–81)

67 (49–76)

79 (71–90)

71 (65–79)

Spermatheca I width (μm)

51.6 (46–58)

52 (48–59)

53 (47–64)

51 (47–61)

Spermatheca lI length (μm)

67 (53–78)

67 (56–74)

64 (62–64)

69 (58–76)

Spermatheca Il width (μm)

48.5 (44–55)

52 (47–58)

47 (39–58)

49 (45–54)