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Table 5 Measurement (average ± standard deviation) of the length of female wings and spermatheca

From: Delineation of Culicoides species by morphology and barcode exemplified by three new species of the subgenus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Scandinavia

Species

 

Length of wing (μm)

 

Lengths of spermatheca (μm)

  

Spermatheca ratio (S/R)

 

Head proboscis ratio (H/P)

 

N 2

 

N 1

1

2

3

 

N 1

 

C. pulicaris

19

1626 ± 67C

10

74 ± 5

61 ± 5

22 ± 4

1.21 ± 0.08A

10

1.19 ± 0.04 B

C. punctatus

20

1519 ± 10B

9

74 ± 7

62 ± 4

19 ± 3

1.19 ± 0.08A

10

1.19 ± 0.07 B

C. boyi

22

1641 ± 10C

5

74 ± 6

68 ± 6

23 ± 4

1.05 ± 0. 3B

11

1.29 ± 0.07 A

C. deltus

10

1788 ± 12 A

5

72 ± 4

67 ± 5

28 ± 5

1.07 ± 0.05B

5

1.19 ± 0.05 B

C. newsteadi

10

1291 ± 12D

4

69 ± 6

66 ± 4

19 ± 6

1.04 ± 0.02B

5

1.32 ± 0.13 A

C. selandicus

7

1339 ± 33 D

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

4

1.16 ± 0.06 CB

C. impunctatus

9

1239 ± 13 D

5

56 ± 7

52 ± 10

15 ± 6

1.10 ± 0.11B

6

1.30 ± 0.04 A

C. grisescens

10

1841 ± 12 A

5

87 ± 3

83 ± 1

33 ± 3

1.05 ± 0.02B

5

1.03 ± 0.04 C

C. kalix

10

1423 ± 39 E

5

75 ± 8

64 ± 6

20 ± 4

1.17 ± 0.08A

5

1.29 ± 0.07 A

  1. Spermatheca ratio (S/R). The ratio of head divide by proboscis (H/P). N1 = number of specimens; N2 = number counted. ND = not determined. Means with the same letters are not significant different.