Table 9. Influence of variables considered in the Canonical Discriminant Analysis for group separation in females and males of Androctonus crassicauda populations from different geographical isolated localities in Saudi Arabia.
| Variable Influence Section | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | F-Value | P | Variable | F-Value | P |
| Males | Females | ||||
| Carapace Posterior W | 8.55 | 0.0002∗∗∗ | Telson L | 6.31 | 0.0015∗∗ |
| Metasoma 3 rd L | 7.86 | 0.0004∗∗∗ | Metasoma 1 st W | 6.06 | 0.0018∗∗ |
| Metasoma 2 nd L | 7.83 | 0.0004∗∗∗ | Sternite 7 th W | 5.71 | 0.0026∗∗ |
| Metasoma 1 st H | 6.5 | 0.0013∗∗ | Pectine L | 5.13 | 0.0046∗∗ |
| Metasoma 1 st L | 6.2 | 0.0017∗∗ | Metasoma 4 th W | 4.99 | 0.0053∗∗ |
| Metasoma 4 th L | 5.42 | 0.0037∗∗ | Patella H | 4.21 | 0.0118∗ |
| Metasoma 4 th W | 5.13 | 0.0048∗∗ | Metasoma 5 th W | 4.18 | 0.0122∗ |
| Metasoma 2 nd W | 5.12 | 0.0049∗∗ | Metasoma 4 th H | 3.91 | 0.0163∗ |
| Metasoma 2 nd H | 5.08 | 0.0051∗∗ | Patella L | 3.87 | 0.0169∗ |
| Metasoma 1 st W | 4.95 | 0.0058∗∗ | Metasoma 3 rd W | 3.82 | 0.0178∗ |
| Metasoma 3 rd W | 4.04 | 0.0146∗ | Metasoma 5 th H | 3.78 | 0.0187∗ |
| Metasoma 3 rd H | 4.04 | 0.0147∗ | Metasoma 3 rd H | 3.69 | 0.0204∗ |
| Pectine L | 4 | 0.0152∗ | Metasoma 2 nd L | 3.67 | 0.0208∗ |
| Metasoma 4 th H | 3.88 | 0.0172∗ | Metasoma 2 nd H | 3.58 | 0.0230∗ |
| Carapace L | 3.58 | 0.0237∗ | Metasoma 5 th L | 3.43 | 0.0272∗ |
| Metasoma 3 rd L | 3.2 | 0.0347∗ | |||
| Metasoma 4 th L | 3.1 | 0.0387∗ | |||
| Vesicle W | 3.07 | 0.0401∗ | |||
| Metasoma 1 st L | 3.05 | 0.0409∗ | |||
| Patella W | 2.98 | 0.0442∗ | |||
| Tergite 7 th W | 2.87 | 0.0499∗ | |||
Notes.
Significant difference, (P < 0.05: *; P < 0.01: **; P < 0.001: ***).