Table 1.
Morphometric analysis of the insects.
| status | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infected | Uninfected | p | Infected | Uninfected | p | |
| weight (g) | 0,04 (0,01) | 0,04 (0,00) | 0,0178 | 0,06 (0,01) | 0,06 (0,01) | 0,0993 |
| lenght (mm) | 10,60 (0,51) | 10,77 (0,43) | 0,165 | 11,66 (0,56) | 12,20 (0,31) | < 0,001 |
| hindwing lenght (mm) | 7,85 (0,43) | 8,01 (0,39) | 0,1303 | 8,54 (0,43) | 9,00 (0,28 | < 0,001 |
| forewing lenght (mm) | 9,69 (0,53) | 9,85 (0,48) | 0,2243 | 10,70 (0,57) | 11,21 (0,40) | 0,002 |
| hindwing area (mm2) | 17,37 (2,04) | 18,71 (1,54) | 0,0051 | 19,98 (2,37) | 23,58 (1,56) | < 0,001 |
| forewing area (mm2) | 19,86 (2,06) | 20,82 (1,72) | 0,0533 | 23,96 (2,43) | 27,09 (2,07) | < 0,001 |
| rostrum lenght (mm) | 5,26 (0,43) | 5,33 (0,39) | 0,5374 | 6,03 (0,56) | 6,10 (0,31) | 0,5964 |
| antenna lenght (mm) | 6,29 (0,30) | 6,53 (0,33) | 0,0051 | 6,55 (0,34) | 7,24 (0,28) | < 0,001 |
| abdomen width (mm) | 3,69 (0,23) | 3,78 (0,22) | 0,1221 | 4,13 (0,25) | 4,33 (0,17) | 0,0043 |
| leg lenght (mm) | 7,11 (0,83) | 7,65 (0,70) | 0,0079 | 7,50 (0,96) | 7,84 (0,62) | 0,181 |
| insect area (mm2) | 30,35 (2,96) | 31,92 (2,43) | 0,026 | 38,15 (3,51) | 41,23 (2,20) | 0,0013 |
Virgin insects (one week after becoming adults) were collected from both colonies, separated by sex and measured. The expressed values are the average values obtained for each parameter. In parenthesis is the standard deviation value for each data group. The weight, body size, total area of the body, membranous wing and hemi-elytra size, membranous wing and hemi-elytra area, rostrum and median leg size, abdomen width and antenna size of the insects were measured. The weight of the insects was obtained using a precision scale and the measurements were obtained using the software Analyzing Digital Images (Museum of Science, Boston). The morphometric variables between the groups were performed using unpaired t test.