Table 4.
Summary of measurements of 13 morphometric variables for females of the Ophion scutellaris species group. Morphometric variables are defined in Table 1. The mean ± standard deviation for each variable is given, followed by the range. cla = clave; aur = aureus; bre = brevipunctatus; dom = dombroskii; kea = keala; imp = importunus; ido = idoneus; A, B, C refer to unplaced specimens; the number of specimens measured for each species is in parentheses.
| Variable | cla (13) | aur (1) | bre (1) | dom (1) | kea (8) | imp (3) | ido (21) | A (1) | B (1) | C (1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW/FM | 0.83±0.02 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.81±0.02 | 0.82±0.01 | 0.86±0.01 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.83 |
| 0.81–0.85 | 0.78–0.84 | 0.82–0.83 | 0.84–0.89 | |||||||
| FW/FH | 1.23±0.08 | 1.37 | 1.27 | 1.34 | 1.33±0.09 | 1.26±0.02 | 1.37±0.05 | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.29 |
| 1.19–1.26 | 1.24–1.49 | 1.25–1.29 | 1.28–1.45 | |||||||
| FW/HW | 0.52±0.02 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.48±0.01 | 0.50±0.00 | 0.53±0.01 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.51 |
| 0.50–0.54 | 0.46–0.50 | 0.49–0.50 | 0.51–0.55 | |||||||
| MS/MW | 0.51±0.10 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.40±0.04 | 0.51±0.06 | 0.59±0.04 | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.54 |
| 0.43–0.63 | 0.33–0.47 | 0.46–0.58 | 0.54–0.70 | |||||||
| IOD/OL | 0.77±0.08 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 1.20 | 0.36±0.06 | 0.72±0.16 | 0.74±0.08 | 1.00 | 0.73 | 0.71 |
| 0.53–1.00 | 0.27–0.44 | 0.53–0.85 | 0.61–0.86 | |||||||
| OOD/OL | 0.22±0.05 | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 0.16±0.04 | 0.19±0.04 | 0.33±0.04 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.21 |
| 0.13–0.29 | 0.11–0.22 | 0.15–0.23 | 0.25–0.43 | |||||||
| SL/SW | 1.43±0.17 | 1.18 | 1.48 | 1.76 | 1.63±0.10 | 1.58±0.03 | 1.52±0.09 | 1.39 | 1.52 | 1.45 |
| 1.23–1.58 | 1.47–1.76 | 1.55–1.60 | 1.37–1.69 | |||||||
| M1B/M1S | 0.80±0.11 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.63±0.06 | 0.78±0.04 | 0.80±0.06 | 0.82 | 0.88 | 0.63 |
| 0.71–0.92 | 0.57–0.74 | 0.75–0.82 | 0.71–0.92 | |||||||
| M1S/M1A | 0.61±0.07 | 0.69 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.76±0.06 | 0.66±0.02 | 0.67±0.06 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.70 |
| 0.58–0.67 | 0.57–0.74 | 0.64–0.68 | 0.59–0.79 | |||||||
| FL/FW | 7.82±0.95 | 7.95 | 9.50 | 7.24 | 10.26±1.09 | 8.58±0.31 | 6.87±0.26 | 7.56 | 7.89 | 7.79 |
| 7.00–8.59 | 8.41–11.63 | 8.25–8.87 | 6.41–7.50 | |||||||
| Flag | 55.08±5.82 | 65 | 67 | 51 | 70.63±1.30 | 55.00±1.73 | 54.05±1.93 | 52 | 59 | 59 |
| 52–60 | 69–73 | 54–57 | 51–57 | |||||||
| cu-a | 0.69±0.11 | 0.88 | 0.66 | 0.83 | 1.08±0.13 | 0.72±0.09 | 0.83±0.12 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.64 |
| 0.60–0.84 | 0.89–1.26 | 0.66–0.83 | 0.68–1.13 | |||||||
| Wing L | 11.83±2.76 | 16.69 | 14.04 | 10.80 | 19.06±0.45 | 12.92±0.38 | 10.13±0.64 | 10.70 | 12.86 | 12.70 |
| 10.49–12.44 | 18.64–19.73 | 12.57–13.33 | 8.98–11.48 |