Table 3.
Comparisons aof key characters for tick species for which enough specimens were available
| Species | I L | I B | DS C | DS B | C L | C B | BC L | BC B | AP L | AP B | AP L/B ratio | DP B | FI B | DP/FI ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rb vs. Rs M |
<0.05 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.01 |
ns |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
| Rb vs. Rt M |
ns |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
<0.01 |
ns |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
| Rb vs. RspI M |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.05 |
<0.01 |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
| Rb vs. RspII M |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| Rs vs. Rt M |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
| Rs vs. RspI M |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| Rs vs. RspII M |
<0.05 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
ns |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
| Rt vs. RspI M |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
| Rt vs. RspII M |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
| RspI vs. RspII M |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| Rb vs. Rs F |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
| Rb vs. Rt F |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
<0.01 |
<0.05 |
| Rb vs. RspI F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
| Rb vs. RspII F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
<0.01 |
ns |
| Rs vs. Rt F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
− |
− |
− |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
| Rs vs. RspI F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
<0.05 |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| Rs vs. RspII F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| Rt vs. RspI F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
− |
− |
− |
<0.05 |
ns |
<0.05 |
| Rt vs. RspII F |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
− |
− |
− |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| RspI vs. RspII F | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | − | − | − | ns | ns | ns |
aComparisons were made with a Kruskal-Wallis (with Dunn’s post-hoc tests) or ANOVA (with Tukey’s post-hoc; in bold).
Abbreviations: Rb:Rhipicephalus bursa, Rs:Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, Rt:Rhipicephalus turanicus, RspI:Rhipicephalus sp. I, Rhipicephalus sp. II, M: male, F: female, ns: not significant, L: length, B: breadth, I: idiosoma, DS: dorsal scutum, C:capitulum, BC:basis capituli, AP: adanal plates, DP: dorsal projection of spiracular plates, FI: first festoon.