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Table 4 CWM index of the worker and soldier caste of Heterotermes tenuis in the land use

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

Caste

Land use

  

Functional morphological features

  
  

La

L1

L2

MPr

Ra

R1

R2

MP

W2

Workers

Pinus caribaea 1–2-year-old

0,05

0,04

0,08

0,08

0,06

0,05

0,16

0,14

0,57

Pinus caribaea 6–7-year-old

0,05

0,04

0,08

0,08

0,06

0,05

0,16

0,14

0,54

Pinus caribaea 7–8-year-old

0,05

0,04

0,08

0,08

0,06

0,05

0,16

0,14

0,53

Pinus caribaea 19–23-year-old

0,05

0,05

0,09

0,08

0,07

0,05

0,17

0,14

0,58

Gallery forest

0,06

0,06

0,1

0,1

0,08

0,06

0,21

0,18

0,52

  

ANC

LCA

LMI

LMD

APR

TIBIA

S2I

S3

 

Minor Soldiers

Pinus caribaea 1–2-year-old

0,969

1,5

1,17

1,19

0,7

0,81

1,21

0,63

 

Pinus caribaea 6–7-year-old

1,01

1,55

1,25

1,26

0,71

0,89

1,25

0,62

 

Pinus caribaea 7–8-year-old

1,12

1,65

1,33

1,35

0,78

0,92

1,2

0,65

 

Pinus caribaea 19–23-year-old

0,994

1,5

1,33

1,35

0,71

0,91

1,36

0,64

 

Gallery forest

1,17

1,71

1,32

1,33

0,8

0,94

1,12

0,65

 
  1. La distance between the first apical tooth and the first marginal tooth, L1 distance between the first and second marginal teeth, L2 distance between the second and third marginal teeth, MPR Molar prominence, Ra distance between the first apical tooth and the first marginal tooth, R1 distance between the first and second marginal teeth, R2 distance between the second marginal tooth and the molar plate, MP Molar plate. W2 Shape of the pronotum of the worker. ANC width of the head, LCA Length of the head, LMI maximum left mandible length, LMD maximum right mandible length, APR pronotum width, S2I proportion of left mandible and head, S3 shape of the pronotum of the soldier