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. 2014 Apr 16;9(4):e94162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094162

Table 2. List and descriptions of colour characters.

Body part Character Number of modalities Illustration (Figure 4)
01 Head Upper gena 3 A
02 Head Vertex 3 A
03 Head Ocellar area 3 A
04 Head Dorsal margin of scape 3 A
05 Mesosoma Prothorax 4 B
06 Mesosoma Mesoscutum 5 B
07 Mesosoma Scutellum 3 B
08 Mesosoma Metanotum 4 B
09 Mesosoma Mesepisternum 2 C
10 Legs Profemora 3 C
11 Legs Protibia 3 C
12 Legs Metatibia apex 2 C
13 Metasoma 1st metasomal tergum 4 D
14 Metasoma Basal area of the2nd metasomal tergum 2 D
15 Metasoma Apical margin of the 2nd metasomal tergum 3 D
16 Metasoma 3rd metasomal tergum 4 D
17 Metasoma 4th metasomal tergum 4 D
18 Metasoma 5th metasomal tergum 3 D
19 Metasoma 6th metasomal tergum 2 D
20 Metasoma 2nd metasomal sternum 4 E
21 Metasoma 3rd metasomal sternum 3 E
22 Metasoma 4th metasomal sternum 3 E
23 Metasoma 5th & 6th metasomal sterna 2 E

Characters' location on the organism is illustrated in Figure 3. Modalities of each colour character are depicted in Figure 4.