Table 1.
Classification of Carabus (Macrothorax) morbillosus male specimens of the different groups determined by the discriminant analysis performed on all parameters. Coefficients of the discriminant function show the impact of each parameter in the correct attribution to the four groups.
| Lampedusa | Messina/Calabria | Sardinia | Sicily | Spain/Balearic Is. | Tunisia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lampedusa | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Messina/Calabria | 0 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Sardinia | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sicily | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain/Balearic Is. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Total N | 23 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 |
| N correct | 14 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 7 |
| Proportion | 0.61 | 0.85 | 0.4 | 0.55 | 0.78 | 0.54 |
| N = 127 | N correct = 82 | Proportion correct = 0.646 | ||||
| Linear Discriminant Function for groups | ||||||
| Lampedusa | Messina/Calabria | Sardinia | Sicily | Spain/Balearic Is. | Tunisia | |
| Constant | −345.05 | −274.38 | −298.79 | −303.67 | −332.05 | −366.62 |
| Elytra width | −0.20 | −0.16 | −0.11 | −0.08 | −0.21 | −0.20 |
| Elytra length | 2.20 | 1.73 | 1.84 | 1.86 | 2.01 | 2.27 |
| Pronotum width | 1.91 | 1.57 | 1.88 | 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.78 |
| Pronotum length | 2.24 | 2.84 | 2.43 | 2.71 | 2.97 | 2.56 |