Table 2.
Phenetic differentiation between sexes in each of the species
| Number of individuals | Cross validation score | Mahalanobis Distance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Without allometry (%) | With allometry (%) | |||||||||
| Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Allometry (%) | P | With allometry | Without allometry | p † | |
| Cx. quinquefasciatus | 17 | 17 | 100 | 100 | 71 | 71 | 4.57 | 0.1454 | 34.10 | 34.06 | <.0001 |
| Cx. nigripalpus | 16 | 20 | 62.5 | 75 | 75 | 65 | 8.51 | 0.0025 | 16.70 | 16.62 | <.0001 |
| Oc. scapularis | 24 | 25 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 5.64 | 0.0147 | 13.71 | 13.71 | <.0001 |
| An. albitarsis l.s. | 15 | 9 | 87 | 89 | 53.3 | 67 | 9.50 | 0.0144 | 8.70 | 11.74 | <.0001 |
| An. homunculus | 32 | 24 | 97 | 96 | 100 | 96 | 7.08 | <.0001 | 9.94 | 10.23 | <.0001 |
| An. strodei l.s. | 22 | 16 | 59.1 | 81.3 | 59.1 | 81.3 | 5.91 | 0.0219 | 9.19 | 10.14 | <.0001 |
| An. triannulatus l.s. | 22 | 17 | 68.2 | 58.8 | 68.2 | 70.6 | 5.37 | 0.0379 | 9.00 | 9.68 | <.0001 |
| Ae. aegypti | 25 | 25 | 96 | 92 | 92 | 84 | 6.55 | 0.0003 | 8.68 | 8.16 | <.0001 |
| An. cruzii | 40 | 33 | 87.5 | 94 | 92.5 | 100 | 5.20 | 0.0001 | 7.12 | 7.57 | <.0001 |
| Ae. albopictus | 25 | 25 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 3.70 | 0.0689 | 6.78 | 7.34 | <.0001 |
Signifiacant p-values are in bold. †: The p-values for the MD were equivalent for both cases (with/without allometry).
Scores for the reclassification test after validation; allometric residues; and Mahalanobis distances and their respective statistical significances.