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Table 6 Measurements of female eyes in micrometres. The mean and the range of values (minimum-maximum) are given for each character. Means indicated with the same letter (a-d) are not significantly different

From: Description of Culicoides (Culicoides) bysta n. sp., a new member of the Pulicaris group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Slovakia

Species

n

Lios

Dios-ts

Lts

Dios-ts/Lios

C. bysta n. sp.

18

30.5 (22.3–41.1)

25.9 (19.6–32)a

21.3 (14.8–27)

0.9 (0.5–1.2)c

C. boyi

5

25.5 (20.0–34.5)

27.6 (26.4–29.7)a

19.4 (17.1–22.6)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)d

C. pulicaris

4

29.9 (23–32.2)

21.3 (20.7–23)b

19.0 (16.1–23)

0.7 (0.6–0.9)cd

  1. Abbreviations: Lios length of the inter-ocular suture of the joined eyes, Dios-ts distance between the inter-ocular suture and the transverse suture above the first inter-ocular seta, Lts length of the transverse suture, Dios-ts/Lios ratio of the above mentioned characters measured