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Table 1 Mean number of sensilla (standard deviation) on each antennal segment of Triatoma maculata populations from Roraima State, Brazil

From: Does antennal sensilla pattern of different populations of Triatoma maculata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) reveal phenotypic variability?

Locality

n

sex

Pedicel

Flagellum 1

Flagellum 2

BR

TH

TK

BA

BR

TH

TK

BA

BR

TH

TK

BA

Amajari

5

F

103.6 (9.2)

248.2 (35.9)a

45.6 (12.6)a

22.8 (7.3)a

12.4 (0.9)

193.0 (17.1)

106.4 (19.0)

47.8 (9.9)

7.6 (1.5)

118.8 (18.2)

47.4 (11.8)

40.0 (3.6)

5

M

91.4 (10.4)

496.0 (65.2)b

11.8 (7.2)b

11.4 (2.5)b

12.2 (1.8)

210.8 (20.0)

107.8 (12.8)

31.2 (9.9)

7.4 (1.5)

121.8 (33.2)

46.0 (21.7)

28.2 (14.8)

Bonfim

5

F

105.6 (8.6)

275.4 (32.1)a

55.6 (29.1)a

18.8 (6.3)

14.6 (2.2)

188.2 (20.0)

122.6 (12.3)

31.2 (11.6)

9.6 (0.9)

115.4 (22.5)

69.2 (20.4)

35.0 (11.0)

5

M

91.2 (5.1)

448.6 (61.1)b

6.6 (4.7)b

9.8 (2.2)

14.4 (1.5)

219.6 (28.7)

86.2 (12.8)

35.8 (7.0)

9.0 (1.7)

133.4 (13.4)

54.4 (6.0)

28.0 (7.3)

Laboratory

5

F

119.2 (10.0)

218.6 (23.4)

44.6 (16.9)a

15.8 (5.9)

14.6 (0.5)

185.2 (22.8)

116.0 (32.3)

48.4 (13.7)a

7.8 (3.3)

93.6 (38.6)

65.4 (27.4)

32.6 (11.8)

5

M

107.2 (9.6)

311.4 (53.3)

13.8 (9.1)b

8.4 (4.3)

16.0 (2.3)

195.2 (19.2)

108.8 (24.6)

28.0 (3.5)b

8.8 (1.6)

103.0 (13.1)

85.8 (13.7)

36.0 (2.4)

  1. a, b Significant differences between the sexes of each population, Tukey’s post-hoc test (P < 0.05)
  2. Abbreviations: n, number of antennae examined; F, females; M, males
  3. Note: Sensilla types: BR, bristles; TH, thin-walled trichoids; TK, thick-walled trichoids; BA, basiconic