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Table 3 Coefficient of variation (CV) expressed in % of the functional morphological traits of the soldier caste of Heterotermes tenuis in three colonies of each land use type

From: Ecology, behavior and bionomics: functional response of Heterotermes tenuis Hagen (Insecta: Blattaria: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in forests of the Colombian Orinoquía

COLONY

Tibia length

S3

Lenght left mandible

S1

Mandible length Rig

S21

Head width

Pronotum width

Head length

S2D

Femur length

Pronotum length

Anterior notch pronotum

Posterior notch pronotum

1.1

5,15

8,71

10,49

6,97

12,7

6,37

8,97

9,91

14,71

8,07

9,36

18,74

17,82

41,98

1.2

7,49

3,77

4,94

2,71

6,06

1,32

6,27

3,84

3,53

1,24

5,39

6,72

11,82

24,25

1.3

14,99

7,58

13,15

5,29

13,87

6,21

9,68

11,62

11,91

5,02

15,37

15,19

13,12

24,65

2.1

13,84

4,52

12,13

6,13

13,94

8,73

5,03

9,86

10,45

9,86

15,52

13,50

36,41

35,85

2.2

8,92

11,36

6,63

6,64

15,57

11,33

14,42

11,86

19,14

22,45

9,18

22,65

25,21

37,88

2.3

0,14

5,10

2,39

14,00

1,11

10,68

13,06

9,2

0,95

14,16

9,58

14,27

14,54

26,94

3.1

9,27

1,47

5,42

4,12

5,13

13,60

9,52

8,71

9,27

13,48

2,80*

9,43

16,62

50,56

3.2

8,80

6,33

10,02

3,29

11,55

19,47

14,28

12,3

13,27

23,86

10,28*

15,81

18,40

37,55

3.3

4,41

4,31

3,21

10,05

2,33

3,51

3,4

1,89

8,76

4,63

1,16*

4,04

16,06

31,81

4.1

12,48*

12,19

11,16

8,38*

11,65

13,46

11,12

13,81

14,62

13,51

11,53*

20,63

32,47

27,72

4.2

4,57*

2,32

1,88

5,39*

14,55

2,51

0,73

1,06

5,65

14,69

5,71*

2,69

38,92

14,29

4.3

6,19*

5,64

5,75

44,33*

5,05

14,29

17,4

17,88

20,46

15,36

5,25*

22,07

20,16

47,69

5.1

2,56

3,67*

4,65

4,05*

2,81

5,83

3,09

3,64

3,93

5,16

4,20*

1,84

8,96

32,67

5.2

5,01

3,33*

4,78

3,00*

4,72

2,98

4,13

7,64

5,27

2,41

4,47*

5,02

14,46

39,73

5.3

2,91

3,52*

1,54

3,48*

1,01

4,19

3,85

4,09

4,08

3,11

3,23*

3,08

11,70

36,12

  1. Colonies are organized by planting age: 1.1 to 1.3 (1–2 years), 2.1–2.3 (6–7 years), 3.1–3.3 (7–8 years), 4.1–4.3 (19–23 years), and 5.1- 5.3 (gallery forests). S1-S3: Indexes of minor soldiers’ *KW traits present statistically significant differences between colonies of the same age of plantation/gallery forest with a p value of 0.05. Df:2 N:7 individuals measured per colony. Extreme values of percent CV are in bold font