Author:
McCreadie John W.,Colbo Murray H.
Abstract
AbstractData from larval head capsule measurements are used to determine allometry of size for final-instar siblings Simulium truncatum (Lundström) (= EFG/C) and S. rostratum (Lundström) (= ACD) of the S. venustum/verecundum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae). Measurements were evaluated using principal axis and major reduced axis regression. Isometry of size was accepted for only some ratios and it is argued that a character’s “environmental stability” should be assessed before it is considered as a taxonomic character.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Insect Science,Molecular Biology,Physiology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Structural Biology
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