Morphometric Analysis of the Host Effect on Phenotypical Variation of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Triatominae)
Table 3
Comparison of wing shape of B. ferroae, between parental and offspring reared under laboratory conditions with two hosts (cockroaches and mice). Mahalanobis distances (Md) and their significance () obtained from CVA and classifications and cross-check from DA.
Comparison
Females
Males
Procrustes coordinates
Residuals (after size correction)
Md
% Classif.
% Cross-check
Md
% Classif.
% Cross-check
Md
% Classif.
% Cross-check
Parental versus offspring
P-HLO1
1.0127
0.175
77–66
50–60
0.8561
0.4955
71–63
43–58
P-HLO2
1.3408
0.003
72–81
55–76
1.2671
0.0103
71–73
50–70
P-HLO3
1.5354
<0.0001
72–80
66–78
1.3038
0.0389
79–74
50–68
P-HMO1
2.338
<0.0001
89–96
78–86
2.7723
<0.0001
100–93
79–90
P-HMO2
2.4613
<0.0001
78–91
72–82
2.8637
<0.0001
86–92
64–81
P-HMO3
2.2396
<0.0001
83–95
66–70
2.658
<0.0001
79–100
64–88
Offspring (reared on different host)
HLO1-HMO1
2.8991
<0.0001
93–100
82–97
2.4688
<0.0001
90–90
87–83
2.5807
<0.0001
55–64
55–64
HLO1-HMO2
2.9373
<0.0001
91–91
87–89
2.6063
<0.0001
92–92
84-83
2.7678
<0.0001
66-67
66-67
HLO1-HMO3
2.662
<0.0001
89–95
84–90
2.2699
<0.0001
90–94
87-88
2.4968
<0.0001
55–53
55–53
HLO2-HMO1
2.9739
<0.0001
96–89
91–86
2.4497
<0.0001
92-91
87–90
2.612
<0.0001
70–73
69–73
HLO2-HMO2
2.8772
<0.0001
90–88
89–86
2.6409
<0.0001
93–89
92–86
2.8634
<0.0001
77–75
77–75
HLO2-HMO3
2.5492
<0.0001
89-90
85–80
2.1027
<0.0001
89-88
85–77
2.4354
<0.0001
73–65
71–65
HLO3-HMO1
3.1613
<0.0001
94–97
93–86
2.6471
<0.0001
94–89
94–84
2.9286
<0.0001
74–80
74–80
HLO3-HMO2
3.0115
<0.0001
94-93
94–84
2.7983
<0.0001
92–89
91–89
3.1581
<0.0001
83–81
83–81
HLO3-HMO3
2.7788
<0.0001
97–100
96–90
2.3596
<0.0001
94–89
94–100
2.8389
<0.0001
80–65
80–65
Offspring (reared on the same host)
HLO1-HLO2
0.6264
0.2769
62–64
51–58
0.8409
0.0122
58–70
56–62
0.866
0.0151
66–56
66–55
HLO1-HLO3
0.8455
0.0095
60–64
53–58
0.7487
0.1196
58–63
47–54
0.9359
0.018
66–60
66–60
HLO2-HLO3
0.7086
0.015
69–67
66-65
0.5363
0.2792
61–64
55–52
0.6454
0.1183
55–52
55–51
HMO1-HMO2
1.0607
0.0099
72–72
58–64
0.7865
0.1514
75–64
59–50
0.8317
0.1515
52–58
52–58
HMO1-HMO3
1.2678
0.0416
69–80
62–60
1.1701
0.0289
80–71
80–53
1.2126
0.0403
50–41
50–35
HMO2-HMO3
0.6175
0.6581
71–60
57–35
1.3165
0.0095
73–77
61–71
1.3128
0.0196
56–65
56–65
P (parent), HL (hemolymphagy = fed on cockroaches), HM (hematophagy = fed on mice), O1 (first offspring), O2 (second offspring), O3 (third offspring), % Classif. (% classification), and statistically significant difference, .