Research Article

Morphological Caste Differences in Three Species of the Neotropical Genus Clypearia (Hymenoptera: Polistinae: Epiponini)

Table 4

Classification matrix queens, workers, and intermediate females in all analyzed colonies of genus Clypearia after discriminant function analyses.

ColonyObserved classificationPredicted classificationCorrected classified females (%)

QueenWorker
C. sulcata IIQueen (n=2)020
Worker (n=23)12295.7
C. sulcata IIIQueen (n=3)2166.7
Worker (n=47)047100
C. angustiorQueen (n=7)70100
Worker (n=7)1685.7
C. duckeiQueen (n=16)9756.3
Worker (n=112)39697