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Table 8 Bioclimatic variables used for the ecological niche modeling (ENM)

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

Bioclimatic variable

Variable contribution (%)

P. howardi

P. chinai

BIO2: Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp − min temp))

1.1

77.7

BIO1: Annual mean temperature

14.2

7.6

BIO4: Temperature seasonality (standard deviation × 100)

17.3

5.8

NDVI

5.9

4.3

BIO14: Precipitation of driest month

0.1

1.7

BIO7: Temperature annual range (BIO5-BIO6)

0

1.5

BIO13: Precipitation of wettest month

0

1.3

BIO3: Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7 × 100)

0

0

BIO12: Annual precipitation

61.3

0

BIO15: Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)

0.1

0