Table 8. Variation in adult morphometric ratios of females among different populations of Androctonus crassicauda collected from different geographically isolated localities in Saudi Arabia (mean ± SD, sample sizes in parentheses).

The results of one-way ANOVA have been presented in the last column.

Characters	OTU1	OTU2	OTU3	OUT4	F-Ratio	P
Chela manus width/Total body length	0.03 ± 0.00 (6)	0.04 ± 0.00 (12)	0.04 ± 0.00 (6)	0.04 ± 0.00 (8)	7.13	0.0010***
Carapace anterior width / Posterior width	0.52 ± 0.29 (8)	0.67 ± 0.03 (12)	0.57 ± 0.24 (7)	0.42 ± 0.3 (13)	2.09	0.1178n.s.
Carapace length / posterior width	0.89 ± 0.22 (8)	0.97 ± 0.04 (12)	0.93 ± 0.13 (7)	0.85 ± 0.19 (13)	1.21	0.3184n.s.
Chela manus width / length	0.60 ± 0.17 (8)	0.52 ± 0.22 (12)	0.70 ± 0.15 (7)	0.78 ± 0.18 (13)	4.10	0.0132*
Chela manus height / length	0.60 ± 0.06(8)	0.60 ± 0.25(12)	0.73 ± 0.12(7)	0.73 ± 0.10(13)	2.03	0.1266n.s.
Chela manus length along retroventral carina / movable finger length	0.61 ± 0.10 (8)	1.37 ± 2.00 (12)	0.53 ± 0.06 (7)	0.63 ± 0.08 (12)	1.35	0.2732n.s.
Metasomal segment I width / length	0.75 ± 0.14 (8)	0.82 ± 0.01 (12)	0.90 ± 0.16 (7)	0.72 ± 0.17 (12)	3.05	0.0406*
Metasomal segment II width / length	0.84 ± 0.02 (8)	0.85 ± 0.04 (12)	0.90 ± 0.05 (7)	0.85 ± 0.04 (13)	2.60	0.0665n.s.
Metasomal segment I I I width / length	0.83 ± 0.04 (8)	0.87 ± 0.05 (12)	0.92 ± 0.07 (7)	0.87 ± 0.05 (13)	2.99	0.0432*
Metasomal segment I V width / length	0.78 ± 0.05 (8)	0.78 ± 0.03 (12)	0.88 ± 0.01 (7)	0.83 ± 0.03 (13)	11.48	0.0000*
Metasomal segment V width / length	0.60 ± 0.11 (8)	0.56 ± 0.04 (12)	0.63 ± 0.08 (7)	0.65 ± 0.10 (13)	2.00	0.1307n.s.
Metasomal segment I length / segment II length	0.85 ± 0.13 (8)	0.94 ± 0.01 (12)	0.85 ± 0.14 (7)	0.79 ± 0.18 (13)	2.77	0.0552n.s.
Metasomal segment I I length / segment I II length	0.95 ± 0.02 (8)	0.96 ± 0.01 (12)	0.95 ± 0.03 (7)	0.94 ± 0.02 (13)	0.79	0.5036n.s.
Metasomal segment II I length / segment IV length	0.94 ± 0.02 (8)	0.92 ± 0.01 (12)	0.95 ± 0.02 (7)	0.94 ± 0.03 (13)	2.96	0.0449*
Metasomal segment IV length / segment V length	0.82 ± 0.06 (8)	0.81 ± 0.06 (12)	0.79 ± 0.05 (7)	0.85 ± 0.06 (13)	1.54	0.2197n.s.
Telson vesicle width / metasomal segment V width	0.70 ± 0.13 (8)	0.58 ± 0.07 (12)	0.62 ± 0.07 (7)	0.68 ± 0.13 (13)	2.66	0.0624n.s.
Telson vesicle height / length	0.62 ± 0.03 (8)	0.53 ± 0.13 (12)	0.63 ± 0.02 (7)	0.59 ± 0.03 (13)	2.90	0.0479*
Sternite VII length / width	0.46 ± 0.28 (8)	0.54 ± 0.07 (12)	0.49 ± 0.02 (7)	0.50 ± 0.11 (13)	0.52	0.6654n.s.

Notes.

Significant difference, (P < 0.05: *; P < 0.01: **; P < 0.001: ***).