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

Table 6 Statistical comparisons (P-value, error risk) of egg metric properties between Panstrongylus chinai and P. howardi

Size / Shape	Statistical measures	P. chinai	P. howardi	P-value
Size (perimeter)	Mean	4.88 ± 0.19	4.66 ± 0.12	< 0.0001
Size (perimeter)	Variance	0.035	0.015	< 0.0001
Shape	Validated reclassification	97% (76/78)	94% (71/75)
Shape	Metric disparity	0.00059	0.00039	< 0.0100

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