DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18063174
title: Table 1 in Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach

description: Table 1. Mean of morphometric ratios calculated species-wise on individual level. Morphometric traits are divided by absolute cephalic size (CS), ± SD are provided in the upper row, minimum and maximum values are given in parentheses in the lower row.
brevicornis (n = 3)brunneus (n = 36)cingulatus (n = 26)edentatus (n = 3)flavigaster (n = 14)longiceps (n = 4)minutus (n = 29)punctaticeps (n = 17)sellaris (n = 15)CS506 ± 33721 ± 58459 ± 25546 ± 13637 ± 51531 ± 36472 ± 31473 ± 30449 ± 36[472, 536][620, 808][419, 515][535, 560][546, 740][478, 556][405, 549][424, 549][410, 557]CL/CW1.32 ± 0.051.12 ± 0.031.34 ± 0.041.19 ± 0.001.21 ± 0.021.42 ± 0.021.29 ± 0.051.17 ± 0.041.16 ± 0.04[1.28, 1.37][1.07, 1.19][1.26, 1.39][1.18, 1.19][1.16, 1.25][1.40, 1.44][1.17, 1.36][1.11, 1.23][1.09, 1.25]CL/CWb1.33 ± 0.021.14 ± 0.021.37 ± 0.041.20 ± 0.011.24 ± 0.021.43 ± 0.021.29 ± 0.051.20 ± 0.041.18 ± 0.03[1.32, 1.35][1.09, 1.21][1.30, 1.45][1.19, 1.21][1.21, 1.29][1.42, 1.46][1.20, 1.36][1.14, 1.26][1.13, 1.25]POoC/CL0.52 ± 0.010.44 ± 0.030.51 ± 0.010.48 ± 0.010.43 ± 0.010.44 ± 0.010.52 ± 0.010.49 ± 0.010.51 ± 0.01[0.51, 0.52][0.39, 0.47][0.49, 0.52][0.47, 0.49][0.41, 0.45][0.42, 0.45][0.51, 0.54][0.47, 0.51][0.49, 0.53]FRS/CS0.36 ± 0.020.33 ± 0.010.31 ± 0.010.30 ± 0.010.34 ± 0.010.26 ± 0.010.35 ± 0.020.33 ± 0.010.29 ± 0.01[0.34, 0.37][0.31, 0.35][0.30, 0.33][0.29, 0.31][0.33, 0.36][0.25, 0.28][0.30, 0.39][0.32, 0.35][0.27, 0.30]SL/CS0.54 ± 0.010.64 ± 0.020.63 ± 0.010.66 ± 0.010.62 ± 0.020.63 ± 0.020.57 ± 0.020.66 ± 0.020.69 ± 0.02[0.53, 0.55][0.60, 0.67][0.60, 0.65][0.65, 0.67][0.59, 0.66][0.61, 0.65][0.49, 0.61][0.62, 0.70][0.65, 0.72]EL/CS0.25 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.010.25 ± 0.010.23 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.010.25 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.01[0.24, 0.26][0.20, 0.24][0.22, 0.26][0.23, 0.26][0.21, 0.25][0.21, 0.23][0.22, 0.28][0.22, 0.26][0.23, 0.26]MW/CS0.59 ± 0.020.60 ± 0.010.55 ± 0.010.56 ± 0.020.59 ± 0.010.53 ± 0.030.56 ± 0.010.61 ± 0.020.58 ± 0.01[0.57, 0.60][0.56, 0.62][0.52, 0.57][0.54, 0.58][0.58, 0.61][0.50, 0.55][0.54, 0.58][0.58, 0.64][0.56, 0.59]PEW/CS0.23 ± 0.020.20 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.010.20 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.010.19 ± 0.000.22 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.010.21 ± 0.01[0.21, 0.25][0.19, 0.22][0.21, 0.24][0.20, 0.22][0.20, 0.22][0.19, 0.19][0.20, 0.23][0.21, 0.24][0.20, 0.23]PPW/CS0.31 ± 0.010.26 ± 0.010.32 ± 0.010.28 ± 0.010.31 ± 0.010.27 ± 0.010.33 ± 0.010.34 ± 0.020.29 ± 0.01[0.30, 0.33][0.24, 0.30][0.28, 0.35][0.27, 0.28][0.29, 0.33][0.26, 0.28][0.29, 0.35][0.30, 0.36][0.26, 0.31]ML/CS1.30 ± 0.011.18 ± 0.031.30 ± 0.021.27 ± 0.041.21 ± 0.021.14 ± 0.031.29 ± 0.031.26 ± 0.021.23 ± 0.02[1.29, 1.31][1.08, 1.23][1.26, 1.36][1.23, 1.31][1.17, 1.23][1.12, 1.19][1.23, 1.36][1.22, 1.32][1.19, 1.26]PEL/CS0.42 ± 0.010.38 ± 0.020.46 ± 0.020.41 ± 0.010.42 ± 0.010.39 ± 0.010.45 ± 0.020.43 ± 0.010.41 ± 0.02[0.41, 0.43][0.34, 0.42][0.41, 0.49][0.39, 0.42][0.40, 0.43][0.38, 0.40][0.42, 0.47][0.41, 0.47][0.38, 0.44]NOL/CS0.26 ± 0.010.23 ± 0.010.32 ± 0.010.26 ± 0.010.23 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.020.26 ± 0.020.28 ± 0.010.25 ± 0.02[0.25, 0.27][0.20, 0.25][0.28, 0.34][0.25, 0.26][0.22, 0.25][0.22, 0.26][0.22, 0.29][0.26, 0.31][0.22, 0.27]MPST/CS0.42 ± 0.010.39 ± 0.010.41 ± 0.010.40 ± 0.020.41 ± 0.010.37 ± 0.010.41 ± 0.010.40 ± 0.010.40 ± 0.01[0.41, 0.43][0.37, 0.41][0.37, 0.43][0.38, 0.41][0.40, 0.41][0.36, 0.38][0.38, 0.45][0.39, 0.42][0.38, 0.43]PEH/CS0.28 ± 0.020.27 ± 0.010.27 ± 0.010.27 ± 0.010.31 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.010.31 ± 0.020.28 ± 0.010.27 ± 0.01[0.26, 0.30][0.24, 0.30][0.26, 0.30][0.25, 0.28][0.29, 0.33][0.22, 0.25][0.26, 0.34][0.27, 0.31][0.25, 0.29]NOH/CS0.10 ± 0.010.12 ± 0.020.10 ± 0.010.10 ± 0.010.13 ± 0.000.09 ± 0.010.13 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.010.09 ± 0.01[0.08, 0.10][0.10, 0.15][0.09, 0.12][0.09, 0.11][0.12, 0.14][0.08, 0.09][0.11, 0.15][0.09, 0.13][0.07, 0.11]PPH/CS0.25 ± 0.010.23 ± 0.020.27 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.010.28 ± 0.010.21 ± 0.010.26 ± 0.010.28 ± 0.010.22 ± 0.01[0.24, 0.26][0.18, 0.27][0.25, 0.30][0.22, 0.23][0.26, 0.30][0.21, 0.22][0.23, 0.29][0.26, 0.29][0.19, 0.24]PPL/CS0.20 ± 0.020.18 ± 0.020.29 ± 0.010.19 ± 0.010.21 ± 0.010.21 ± 0.000.24 ± 0.010.28 ± 0.020.21 ± 0.01[0.18, 0.22][0.15, 0.21][0.26, 0.31][0.18, 0.21][0.18, 0.23][0.21, 0.21][0.22, 0.26][0.26, 0.31][0.19, 0.23]
description: Published as part of Csosz, Sandor & Fisher, Brian L., 2016, Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach, pp. 130 in ZooKeys 616 on page 130, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.616.9532, http://zenodo.org/record/153845