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 | ||||||||
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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.