Research Article

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.

GroupOriginSexFeeding behaviorOCentroid size
MeanMinMaxSD

PFieldP181455.841361.901607.3067.04
HLO1LaboratoryHemolymphagyO1451341.651219.311461.4856.20
HLO2LaboratoryHemolymphagyO2671356.231132.531481.3862.30
HLO3LaboratoryHemolymphagyO3691330.591230.691474.1145.43
HMO1LaboratoryHematophagyO1291394.371297.151496.6952.31
HMO2LaboratoryHematophagyO2571417.211228.201510.0057.24
HMO3LaboratoryHematophagyO3201404.681238.311493.8058.00
PFieldP141439.571360.481512.1442.59
HLO1LaboratoryHemolymphagyO1381337.521154.501467.1262.59
HLO2LaboratoryHemolymphagyO2711314.321191.501433.3953.94
HLO3LaboratoryHemolymphagyO3651299.481119.231403.6455.65
HMO1LaboratoryHematophagyO1441361.181223.341476.3349.83
HMO2LaboratoryHematophagyO2361378.531250.721461.8546.44
HMO3LaboratoryHematophagyO3171367.641249.471469.8360.27

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).