Table 7 Phenotypic diversity of Ae. albopictus from south-western Europe and Brazil. (a) Landmark-based (LB) and outline based (OB) Mahalanobis distances (LB/OB) obtained with discriminant analysis between wing shapes of female (left) and male (right); (b) comparative morphometric data (extreme values, mean, standard deviation and standard error) of wing centroid size and wing perimeter
(a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Continental Spain | Insular Spain | France | Brazil |
Males | ||||
 Continental Spain | 0.00 |  |  |  |
 Insular Spain | 4.38a/9.34 | 0.00 |  |  |
 France | 6.51/15.07 | 5.90/16.12 | 0.00 |  |
 Brazil | 4.03a/12.27 | 4.61a/8.94 | 6.63/21.12 | 0.00 |
Females | ||||
 Continental Spain | 0.00 |  |  |  |
 Insular Spain | 4.99/9.80 | 0.00 |  |  |
 France | 4.00/8.30 | 4.04/6.90 | 0.00 |  |
 Brazil | 4.41/6.70 | 5.95/9.57 | 5.38/9.87 | 0.00 |
(b) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population | Sex | N | Centroid size Mean ± S.D. (Min–Max) (mm) | Centroid size S.E | Wing perimeter Mean ± S.D. (Min–Max) (mm) | Wing perimeter S.E |
Continental Spain | Female | 15 | 3.09 ± 0.13 (2.87–3.30) | 0.03 | 6.09 ± 0.28 (5.56–6.55) | 0.07 |
Male | 22 | 2.42 ± 0.09 (2.25–2.59) | 0.02 | 4.78 ± 0.19 (4.38–5.17) | 0.04 | |
Insular Spain | Female | 9 | 3.00 ± 0.17 (2.72–3.15) | 0.06 | 5.89 ± 0.36 (5.24–6.23) | 0.12 |
Male | 12 | 2.38 ± 0.16 (2.20–2.59) | 0.05 | 4.71 ± 0.33 (4.33–5.19) | 0.10 | |
France | Female | 9 | 3.14 ± 0.32 (2.77–3.56) | 0.11 | 6.16 ± 0.58 (5.50–6.89) | 0.19 |
Male | 2 | 2.48 ± 0.01 (2.47–2.48) | 0.01 | 4.85 ± 0.06 (4.81–4.89) | 0.04 | |
Brazil | Female | 11 | 3.11 ± 0.10 (3.01–3.29) | 0.03 | 6.18 ± 0.19 (5.89–6.56) | 0.06 |
Male | 23 | 2.49 ± 0.08 (2.26–2.65) | 0.02 | 4.96 ± 0.14 (4.53–5.26) | 0.03 | |