Table 3.

Factor loadings of the linear discriminant analysis, showing P, S and T to be the meristic characters providing greatest discrimination among the species.

factor	Axis 1	Axis 2	Axis 3
P	0.155	−0.003	−0.286
Q	0.019	−0.042	0.028
XY	−0.007	−0.106	0.009
m	0.000	−0.025	0.154
S	0.119	0.123	−0.040
T	0.150	0.168	0.096
N	0.055	−0.224	0.099
R	−0.009	−0.062	0.075
eigenvalue	11.39	3.22	0.29
per cent	76.44	21.63	1.93