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. 2013 Jun;108(4):429–437. doi: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013006

TABLE II. Measurements (in mm) of Triatoma jatai sp. nov. and Triatoma costalimai male captured in the municipality of ParanĂ£ and Aurora do Tocantins, state of Tocantins, Brazil.

Gender T. jatai sp. nov. T. costalimai
Variables Min Max X SD S 2 Min Max X SD S 2
Total length 16.6 21.9 18.64 1.249 1.561 19.9 22.8 21.47 0.784 0.615
Width of abdomen a 6.0 7.9 6.94 0.486 0.236 5.6 8.4 6.99 0.834 0.696
Length of pronotum 2.6 3.2 2.88 0.179 0.032 2.2 3.6 3.08 0.303 0.092
Width of pronotum 2.2 3.0 2.55 0.188 0.035 2.5 3 2.77 0.176 0.031
Length of head 3.6 4.2 3.91 0.131 0.017 4.1 4.8 4.51 0.152 0.023
Width of head 0.7 0.9 0.84 0.056 0.003 0.9 1.0 0.96 0.047 0.002
Synthlipsis 0.7 0.8 0.76 0.049 0.002 0.8 1.0 0.87 0.073 0.005
Width of eyes 0.4 0.5 0.40 0.017 0.000 0.4 0.5 0.47 0.043 0.002
Length of 1st rostral segment 0.5 1.0 0.90 0.116 0.013 0.8 1.2 1.00 0.090 0.008
Length of 2nd rostral segment 2.0 2.9 2.45 0.214 0.046 2.7 3.2 2.94 0.124 0.016
Length of 3rd rostral segment 0.7 1.0 0.88 0.077 0.005 0.6 1.0 0.98 0.099 0.010

a: all the differences between species are significant, except for the male width abdomen (analysis of variance - p < 0.05); Max; maxima; Min: minimum; SD: standard deviation; S 2: variance; X: average.