Table 3.
Measurements for the major workers of dark forms of the pulchella species group.
| Dark species (major workers) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.batrachorum (n = 6) | P.darwini (n = 10) | P.dea (n = 6) | P.glabrella (n = 6) | P.rebeccae (n = 4) | P.semidea (n = 3) | |
| HL | 1.86–2.04 (1.91) | 1.96–2.20 (2.09) | 1.76–1.96 (1.83) | 1.80–2.13 (1.95) | 1.82–1.98 (1.92) | 1.70–1.86 (1.79) |
| HW | 1.80–2.0 (1.88) | 1.96–2.23 (2.11) | 1.78–1.94 (1.84) | 1.80–2.15 (1.98) | 1.86–1.98 (1.94) | 1.70–1.82 (1.76) |
| MDL | 0.89–1.00 (0.95) | 0.94–1.06 (1.01) | 0.82–0.87 (0.84) | 0.78–0.97 (0.86) | 0.83–0.91 (0.87) | 0.79–0.83 (0.81) |
| EL | 0.23–0.28 (0.25) | 0.24–0.27 (0.25) | 0.22–0.23 (0.23) | 0.22–0.27 (0.24) | 0.23–0.27 (0.26) | 0.21–0.22 (0.22) |
| SL | 1.01–1.13 (1.07) | 1.01–1.13 (1.06) | 1.01–1.06 (1.03) | 0.94–1.08 (1.02) | 0.94–0.98 (0.96) | 0.98–1.00 (0.99) |
| PW | 0.80–0.89 (0.83) | 0.86–0.98 (0.93) | 0.80–0.83 (0.82) | 0.74–0.94 (0.86) | 0.86–0.90 (0.89) | 0.71–0.80 (0.77) |
| PSL | 0.28–0.32 (0.31) | 0.33–0.39 (0.36) | 0.29–0.33 (0.31) | 0.31–0.37 (0.34) | 0.24–0.30 (0.28) | 0.29–0.31 (0.03) |
| PtL | 0.51–0.57 (0.54) | 0.54–0.67 (0.59) | 0.46–0.50 (0.49) | 0.47–0.57 (0.53) | 0.47–0.56 (0.51) | 0.49–0.56 (0.52) |
| PtH | 0.30–0.38 (0.33) | 0.32–0.38 (0.34) | 0.27–0.32 (0.30) | 0.30–0.36 (0.33) | 0.32–0.34 (0.33) | 0.25–0.33 (0.30) |
| PtW | 0.22–0.28 (0.24) | 0.21–0.27 (0.23) | 0.20–0.24 (0.22) | 0.20–0.26 (0.23) | 0.21–0.24 (0.23) | 0.20–0.22 (0.21) |
| PPtL | 0.33–0.39 (0.37) | 0.33–0.39 (0.36) | 0.29–0.32 (0.30) | 0.30–0.34 (0.32) | 0.31–0.36 (0.33) | 0.31–0.34 (0.33) |
| PPtH | 0.37–0.46 (0.41) | 0.37–0.47 (0.42) | 0.32–0.34 (0.33) | 0.33–0.44 (0.38) | 0.36–0.41 (0.39) | 0.34–0.37 (0.36) |
| PPtW | 0.48–0.56 (0.51) | 0.47–0.59 (0.54) | 0.38–0.43 (0.41) | 0.41–0.54 (0.47) | 0.46–0.53 (0.50) | 0.44–0.47 (0.46) |
| WL | 1.44–1.70 (1.54) | 1.48–1.65 (1.56) | 1.46–1.56 (1.51) | 1.35–1.62 (1.50) | 1.44–1.56 (1.50) | 1.41–1.48 (1.44) |
| MFL | 1.48–1.70 (1.57) | 1.56–1.71 (1.62) | 1.46–1.60 (1.49) | 1.40–1.63 (1.51) | 1.48–1.56 (1.50) | 1.41–1.44 (1.43) |
| CI | 97–100 (98) | 99–104 (101) | 99–102 (101) | 99–105 (102) | 99–103 (101) | 98–100 (99) |
| EI | 12–14 (13) | 11–13 (12) | 11–13 (12) | 11–13 (12) | 12–15 (13) | 12–13 (12) |
| SI | 55–58 (57) | 49–53 (50) | 55–58 (56) | 49–53 (51) | 49–51 (50) | 55–58 (56) |
| MDI | 47–53 (50) | 42–51 (48) | 42–49 (46) | 42–45 (43) | 44–46 (45) | 43–48 (46) |
| PSLI | 15–18 (15) | 16–18 (16) | 16–19 (16) | 16–18 (16) | 13–15 (13) | 16–18 (16) |
| PWI | 44–45 (44) | 43–45 (43) | 43–46 (43) | 41–44 (41) | 45–46 (45) | 39–47 (39) |
| FI | 80–85 (83) | 75–80 (77) | 79–83 (81) | 75–78 (77) | 75–84 (77) | 79–83 (81) |
| Pel | 27–31 (29) | 24–28 (25) | 25–29 (26) | 24–28 (26) | 24–27 (26) | 25–30 (27) |
| Ppl | 57–67 (62) | 55–63 (58) | 46–53 (50) | 51–59 (55) | 53–59 (56) | 55–66 (60) |
| PpWI | 182–236 (215) | 219–257 (232) | 179–200 (190) | 192–220 (208) | 213–230 (220) | 214–224 (219) |
| PpLI | 131–161 (147) | 151–176 (163) | 156–167 (162) | 147–173 (165) | 139–165 (153) | 148–165 (158) |