Comparison of Landmark- and Outline-Based Geometric Morphometrics for Discriminating Mosquito Vectors in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand

Table 2

Mean wing centroid size and mean perimeter length of the contour in the seven mosquito species.

Species		Landmark-based approach		Outline-based; approach
	n	Mean (Min - Max); (mm)	S.D.	Mean (Min - Max) (mm)	S.D.
An. barbirostris	31	3.54 (3.08 - 3.88	0.19	4.51(4.06 - 4.79	0.21
An. subpictus	61	2.74(2.25 - 3.56	0.34	3.58(2.92 - 4.52	0.42
Cx. quinquefasciatus	21	2.71(2.13 - 3.19	0.33	3.46(2.37 - 4.22	0.53
Cx. vishnui	70	2.70(2.13 - 3.17	0.26	3.51(2.45 - 4.05	0.34
Cx. whitmorei	24	2.66(2.49 - 2.82	0.11	3.39(3.13 - 3.65	0.17
Ae. aegypti	45	2.19(1.63 - 2.56	0.21	3.71(2.75 - 4.37	0.35
Ae. albopictus	21	2.30(1.82 - 2.50	0.15	3.88(3.54 - 4.16	0.19

Species with different superscripts letters had significantly different wing sizes at p < 0.05. Min, minimum; Max, maximum; S.D., standard deviation.