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Table 2 Means (± standard deviations) of the number of bristles (BR), thin-walled trichoid (TH), thick-walled trichoid (TK), and basiconica (BA) of the antenna of Panstrongylus chinai and P. howardi

From: Chagas vectors Panstrongylus chinai (Del Ponte, 1929) and Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva, 1911): chromatic forms or true species?

Species

Sex

BR

TK

TH

BA

Pedi*M

Pedi

Pedi*MF

Pedi

P. chinai

Males (n = 29)

84.5 ± 11.4

3.4 ± 2.8

278.8 ± 74.4

5.51 ± 3.21

Females (n = 16)

102.6 ± 8.2

6.1 ± 4.8

101.7 ± 25.5

4.6 ± 2.7

P. howardi

Males (n = 15)

101.1 ± 17

3.2 ± 4.9

257.5 ± 83.9

6.5 ± 2.7

Females (n = 8)

101.5 ± 11.3

2.4 ± 3.2

214 ± 37.2

5.3 ± 1.3

  

Flag1

Flag1

Flag1*MF

Flag1

P. chinai

Males (n = 29)

29.1 ± 6.4

77.4 ± 28.2

157.4 ± 31.9

40.5 ± 8.3

Females (n = 16)

32.7 ± 6.3

51.6 ± 17.1

157.6 ± 48.8

29.2 ± 8.9

P. howardi

Males (n = 15)

31.1 ± 5.9

79.5 ± 27.1

181.6 ± 41.1

43.2 ± 13.5

 

Females (n = 8)

35.1 ± 2.3

57 ± 18.5

166.8 ± 38.2

28.4 ± 4.9

  

Flag2

Flag2

Flag2*MF

Flag2

P. chinai

Males (n = 29)

19.2 ± 4.1

38.1 ± 15.3

133.2 ± 36.5

31.7 ± 13.6

Females (n = 16)

22.3 ± 3.9

24.1 ± 8.2

157.8 ± 38.8

23.3 ± 9.2

P. howardi

Males (n = 15)

19.2 ± 3.9

42 ± 15.4

158.5 ± 42.2

30.1 ± 8.6

Females (n = 8)

24.5 ± 3.4

37.4 ± 12.2

183 ± 22.9

27.3 ± 7.9

  1. Abbreviations: *MF, statistically significant between taxa in both sexes (males and females) for TH in Pedicell; Pedi, Pedicell; Flag1, flagellum 1; Flag2, flagellum 2; *M, in males only for BR in Pedicell; n, number of specimens in each group