Morphometric Analysis of the Host Effect on Phenotypical Variation of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Triatominae)
Table 1
The numbers of specimens (), mean, and standard deviation of centroid size for each group classified by host and sex.
Group
Origin
Sex
Feeding behavior
O
Centroid size
Mean
Min
Max
SD
P
Field
♀
P
18
1455.84
1361.90
1607.30
67.04
HLO1
Laboratory
♀
Hemolymphagy
O1
45
1341.65
1219.31
1461.48
56.20
HLO2
Laboratory
♀
Hemolymphagy
O2
67
1356.23
1132.53
1481.38
62.30
HLO3
Laboratory
♀
Hemolymphagy
O3
69
1330.59
1230.69
1474.11
45.43
HMO1
Laboratory
♀
Hematophagy
O1
29
1394.37
1297.15
1496.69
52.31
HMO2
Laboratory
♀
Hematophagy
O2
57
1417.21
1228.20
1510.00
57.24
HMO3
Laboratory
♀
Hematophagy
O3
20
1404.68
1238.31
1493.80
58.00
P
Field
♂
P
14
1439.57
1360.48
1512.14
42.59
HLO1
Laboratory
♂
Hemolymphagy
O1
38
1337.52
1154.50
1467.12
62.59
HLO2
Laboratory
♂
Hemolymphagy
O2
71
1314.32
1191.50
1433.39
53.94
HLO3
Laboratory
♂
Hemolymphagy
O3
65
1299.48
1119.23
1403.64
55.65
HMO1
Laboratory
♂
Hematophagy
O1
44
1361.18
1223.34
1476.33
49.83
HMO2
Laboratory
♂
Hematophagy
O2
36
1378.53
1250.72
1461.85
46.44
HMO3
Laboratory
♂
Hematophagy
O3
17
1367.64
1249.47
1469.83
60.27
P (parental), O (offspring), ♀ (female), ♂ (male), O1 (first offspring), O2 (second Offspring), O3 (third offspring), HL (hemolymphagy = fed on cockroaches), HM (hematophagy = fed on mice), (number of specimens), Min (minimum), Max (maximum), and SD (standard deviation).