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Table 4 Characterization of C. kingi and C. oxystoma using the loadings of PCA on six ratios derived from morphometric parameters

From: Morphological and molecular differentiation between Culicoides oxystoma and Culicoides kingi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia

 

Principal component

Parameter

PC1

PC2

PC3

Palpal ratio

0.898

−0.130

0.010

Flagella ratio

0.828

0.316

0.098

Antenna segment ratio

0.065

−0.827

0.076

Spermatheca 2 ratio

0.204

0.783

0.189

Wing ratio

−0.053

−0.127

0.829

Spermatheca 1 ratio

0.154

0.240

0.680

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Parasites & Vectors

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