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<paragraph id="2D5D7C4291019BC204903DE3A20DCB08" pageId="10" pageNumber="89">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Silphidae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="9F67F1FFF1BC9C849DFC280721065D37" ID-CoL="9QSD5" authority="Reitter, 1905" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1905" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Ablattaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ablattaria subtriangula" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtriangula">Ablattaria subtriangula Reitter, 1905</taxonomicName>
Figs 3, 14, 19, 20, 27
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<paragraph id="15C0083B6B0C958CB64311DBD086F17C" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">
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subtriangula
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<bibRefCitation id="FEEE31959BE91B9FF269B1E2A3342D63" author="Reitter, E" journalOrPublisher="Wiener Entomologische Zeitung" pageId="22" pageNumber="101" pagination="90 - 94" title="Acht neue Coleopteren aus der palaearktischen Fauna." volume="24" year="1905">Reitter 1905</bibRefCitation>
: 90 (type locality: &quot;Spanien, Sierra de Guadeloupe [= Sierra de Villuercas mountain range],
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[ca.
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,
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]).
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<subSubSection id="43377AD1D4F42A67DA455443AAA35B6B" pageId="11" pageNumber="90" type="type material examined">
<paragraph id="54AFC3C150C60D9B60EB0B3A0FA22BFD" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">Type material examined.</paragraph>
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Lectotype male (here designated) (MNHN, coll. Pic), pinned, labelled: &quot;SIERRA DE GUADALUPE / (
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) / MAI 1904 / G. SCHRAMM [p] // 71 [hw] // type [hw] //
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/
<taxonomicName id="F0E7CDD813E725A94B9EE447818D3604" lsidName="laevigata" pageId="11" pageNumber="90" rank="species" species="laevigata">laevigata</taxonomicName>
/
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Rtt. / (Reitt. vid.) [hw, probably
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handwriting] //
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/ Reitt. [hw,
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handwriting] // Lectotype /
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/ Reitter, 1905 / J.
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&amp; J.
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/ des. 2014 [p, red label]. Paralectotype male (MNHN, coll. Marmottan) (Fig. 27), pinned, labelled: &quot;SIERRA DE GUADALUPE / (
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) / MAI 1904 / G. SCHRAMM [p] // TYPE [p, red modern label] //
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/ Reitt. / (Reynoza) [hw] //
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Paris / 1914 / Coll. H. Marmottan [p, modern label] // Paralectotype /
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/ Reitter, 1905 / J.
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&amp; J.
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des. 2014 [p, red label]&quot;.
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<paragraph id="33A6846223DEB42A766E534F9BBB664D" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4BC3AF90FF9FF81A5FEBC373A2EA47C8" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">18 specimens, see Appendix 1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7A4BD63AE8D5E0601CD8EBC920CD7BF5" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">Diagnostic description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CE520030CDBEF87B3FD6E3A22E7269EB" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">Total body length 12-16 mm, body glossy, black (Figs 3, 14, 19). Pronotum almost conical in shape, margins anterolaterally constricted (Fig. 14); with evenly distributed, homogenous, distinct punctures on whole dorsal surface (Fig. 14). Elytra regularly rounded; with densely and evenly distributed medium-sized, distinct punctures of similar size (Fig. 19).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="ACBAC84BCED6B76B6FD2D08E03A0C754" pageId="11" pageNumber="90">Remarks.</paragraph>
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Additional male specimen (MNHN, coll. Marmottan), pinned, labelled: &quot;Soto [hw] // TYPE [p, red modern label] //
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/ Reitt. / Co-type
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hw, same handwriting as on identification label of lectotype specimen]&quot; is not considered here as paralectotype, because its locality is not consistent with precise information provided in the original description by
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.
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is vague, as there seem to be more than 10 localities with this name across Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soto), none of which are in either
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Province or elsewhere in the Extramadura autonomous community.
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<pageBreakToken id="05495BBB913E1FFA14AC76910844A687" pageId="13" pageNumber="92" start="start">Biology</pageBreakToken>
.
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Regarding the seasonal activity of
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, in the limited adult material examined, most specimens were collected between April and June.
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<paragraph id="024EF6C46C78CF792F2028A57E60B925" pageId="13" pageNumber="92">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A3018CDBDCD7D9FA4EEFCFA277E3343A" pageId="13" pageNumber="92">Endemic to continental Spain (Fig. 32).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F9C98B8E9CC2E3E2CFBA2C8B5D6E2495" pageId="13" pageNumber="92">Geometric morphometrics</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4338EECBBD1827B0F222B2D92E450761" pageId="13" pageNumber="92">
Relative warps (RWs) of both males and females of the four
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taxa were calculated and plotted on an axis system. The first RW (RW1) axis represented 44.25% of shape variability and the second axis (RW2) accounted for 20.22%. Subsequently, discriminant analysis (DA) was applied between the sexes on the first 30 axes representing 99.94% of variability. The results indicated shape sexual dimorphism (
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test: 444.2, F: 14.071, p &lt;0.0001). Specimens correctly classified to their means showed a percentage of 82.59.
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Male groups of the four taxa were tested independently and RW1 accounted for 44.74% of the total variance whereas RW2 accounted for 20.43%. A higher 46.98% of variability was explained by the RW1 axis in females and 18.73% by RW2. Both scatter plots of the two first RWs for male and female
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displayed a high overlap between the groups of the different taxa. The thin-plate spline (TPS) transformation grids (not included in the article) indicated some shape differences between the taxa especially in
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; less rounded or curved pronotal margins posteriorly and more parallel elytra. In
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the posterior pronotal margins appeared more rounded (semi-elliptical) and the elytra were more robust than the other taxa particularly in the females, whereas the pronotal shape of
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was more narrowed to the front (conical).
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Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed on the four groups. The results indicated significant shape variations, but the separations between the groups were weak, given that the number of
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specimens was very low compared to those of other groups. Hence, the analysis was repeated without the
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samples to obtain a clearer separation.
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Shape diversity of both pronotum and elytra between the three taxa was indicated by MANOVA. Male groups revealed significant shape differences (F = 32.93;
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lambda = 0.0784; DF = 40/512; p &lt;0.00001). Female groups demonstrated higher body shape variability (F = 24.93;
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lambda = 0.1252; DF = 40/546; p &lt;0.00001).
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Two individual canonical variate analyses (CVA) for males and females (separately) were performed to obtain separation of the four groups on the first 20 axes of the RW scores matrix. These axes covered 99.81% of the shape variation between male groups and 99.82% between female groups. Results indicated no overlap between
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and either
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or
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in males and only with one specimen in females (Fig. 34). The overlap between
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and
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was minimal and more evident in males than in females.
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Figure 34. Canonical variate analysis (CVA) of male (above) and female (below) body shape changes in
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.
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The jackknifed (or leave-one-out) values of the confusion matrix in
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laevigata
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males illustrated a correct mean classification of 131 from 144 specimens (13 showed means closer to that of
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). In
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, this was the case for 84 of 85 (1 was closer in its mean value to that of
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).
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had 42 accurate classifications of 49 in total (7 specimens were closer to
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). In the females, 150 specimens of 175 in
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were correctly classified (24 were closer to
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and 1 to
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). In
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, 82 of 87 were correctly classified (4 were closer to
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and 1 to
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). In
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, 25 of 33 were clearly classified (8 were closer to
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). These findings strongly indicate the shape variations of these taxa, and thus support the hypothesis that all three taxa constitute separate species.
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, both males and females (independently) of
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were tested and compared with one group formed by the three other taxa to ensure its independence by discriminant analysis (DA). Results indicated significant shape variability in males (
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test: 20.598, F: 5.0946, p &lt;0.001) with 86.93% correct classification of specimens to their means. For females (
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test: 40.282, F: 10.465, p &lt;0.0001), specimens correctly classified were 85.48%. As a result,
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indicates its division from the other taxa and therefore may also be considered as a separate species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2D178DDCEF1A8E8255B99104418D7300" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
To examine allometry effects, the influence of size on body shape was tested first on the four taxa by separating them into groups based on taxon and sex. The multivariate regressions of shape onto size were performed one group at a time. Results showed significant relationship in both sexes of
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, males of
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and
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, and females of
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. The results were insignificant for female
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,
<taxonomicName id="6491D49B62D0A285F509D194EE37B2B0" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Ablattaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ablattaria subtriangula" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtriangula">Ablattaria subtriangula</taxonomicName>
and male
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(Table 2).
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<paragraph id="087263FCDB7D7C0874684D30B33E5D5E" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
Table 2. Multivariate regressions of shape onto size for each
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species and sex separately.
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<th id="CA3F55CFEE21320BD90435553571850D" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">Species</th>
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</th>
<th id="3E73B5A3D7E346E00C33E9A5EF25B612" colspan="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="ECC3C896234D275376E73889B7D99788" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Ablattaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ablattaria arenaria" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arenaria">Ablattaria arenaria</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<th id="6B228B3B68EE9648AC4EB6E8FF91EF11" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="2">Explained variance</th>
<th id="F0EEF4EF8A2C5AF1E8D099CCA3B0E54B" colspan="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<normalizedToken id="1F78C2F4478EDBCCC60F0C3C301E300E" originalValue="Goodalls">Goodall's</normalizedToken>
F -test
</th>
<th id="86146138CE57F9BFD32C8EACA8C87EC0" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="2">Explained variance</th>
<th id="9DDAD06FB4124078C946B5D873567DE9" colspan="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<normalizedToken id="80747902C0B2C758CE105BCEA315F1CA" originalValue="Goodalls">Goodall's</normalizedToken>
F -test
</th>
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<th id="526CF90632E613CEB58DEA49A1EC6631" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">Sex</th>
<th id="1CC97FF76A00E887457B033F2CCEAC48" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">F -value</th>
<th id="298344D42889C6911A88C7D8DBFD5B14" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p -value</th>
<th id="23D2110F8538D6E77E4A7A628F00DC9D" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">F -value</th>
<th id="A0B9B7B3B45A283F44447CA54C6D2499" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p -value</th>
</tr>
<tr id="0C23C5AB62B9891617FE67297B97C2CA" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
<td id="A92AA648DB8E7BF4C47A53A00EC43F9E" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
<td id="AA2CED1B41840EA59D89C5CB43B98F37" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
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<td id="056D25BBCF3AA0E19F11295CC821FB67" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
<td id="30E53348A59D7E3DDC5E542B811D5F21" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4A480230DD940B6EC7600E39C1588899" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
<td id="3D6741D1947186383B655EC518B74E05" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">Species</td>
<td id="0F2CBA67546E13A0696D17E4F34FE302" colspan="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="24D7B648751991DF901DBFFD7C2AA575" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Ablattaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ablattaria cribrata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cribrata">Ablattaria cribrata</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="31E10950C645997BB7ABA40E1A35AD5D" colspan="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="9236A8CAE8129E9879AD59FB9C6AB54B" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Ablattaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ablattaria subtriangula" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtriangula">Ablattaria subtriangula</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="F855CFD110295CA41655BCC42D8DBCB0" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
<td id="28CF1CD889629C0159440D7B814FE79C" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="2">Explained variance</td>
<td id="F87C9D18804FA3E7E91E8F759AC6B745" colspan="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<normalizedToken id="76ED13B33F5F6DECDBE49F3FC20E755B" originalValue="Goodalls">Goodall's</normalizedToken>
F-test
</td>
<td id="5AADB842B1F2BAAE95A8E2B3E21D1AAF" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="2">Explained variance</td>
<td id="28D97E3D423EE89DFF2071D466F138E9" colspan="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<normalizedToken id="3C962A2DB21B693F6E8B0B3ABD154F81" originalValue="Goodalls">Goodall's</normalizedToken>
F-test
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C4468848ADF1D0CF8699E186128132E3" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
<td id="B267B5FA2E65CF2C5B958249166038CE" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">Sex</td>
<td id="48EB6314F459C8785BCE01919C920015" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">F-value</td>
<td id="BE82F321DEA55974BA34D72EFE1EE6E9" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p-value</td>
<td id="3555CFF591EE5216A21F2C1405175262" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">F-value</td>
<td id="943237F51640A9CF4BB7376FFF15142F" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p-value</td>
</tr>
<tr id="436C79395FA759EC368C4F0DA528E4E2" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
<td id="2271768466BBCB057F6728201E383FC9" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
<td id="4B119307B617C287864A0550A0DF2D60" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7779620391D0FD4B59A8CF1D79B0C953" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
<td id="1FE7B7371DD8E4419BCC53A27AFD9117" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
<td id="A50BF52528550838D77E2A9D1B03C815" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1C21B62E7CF351B178CEFAD5C5977E6A" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">Since allometry was significant in most taxa groups, size correction was provided by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). This tool indicates if variation in shape is a result of size difference alone. MANCOVA was applied on male and female groups of the four taxa. Results suggested a significant interaction between body shape and body size (Table 3). Permutation tests with 1000 random permutations demonstrated a p-value of 0.00021 in males and 0.00087 in females. Considering that the percentage explained by size was 16.09% in males and 11.14% in females, some effect on the body shape variability between the taxa can be observed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="91BD2D78E62311C6DF1D1DCF263F073A" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
Table 3. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) for the four
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taxa.
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<th id="64441529144CB33B1EB78AEABD465039" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="2">Explained variance</th>
<th id="B10AB046BB442B8ACF68DE49B9404D2A" colspan="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">
<normalizedToken id="DFEB38B07258B705C7AAB388E1CD6655" originalValue="Goodalls">Goodall's</normalizedToken>
F -test
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<th id="B650FD0A67039325B75074CD4F6AD5FA" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">Sex</th>
<th id="2D98F2BA67E31C172A19C2291D7EBDBA" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">F -value</th>
<th id="46A7D916EACB90DFB3F6406519206A6D" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p -value</th>
</tr>
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<td id="66FE394762B785AB5D38EFB43F62EBBB" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
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<td id="AD4E103C3ED6C9699997D0777E3F3E64" colspan="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" rowspan="1">p</td>
</tr>
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Given that
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laevigata
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has such a wide ranging geographical distribution, it was interesting to examine the
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body changes in various populations. Three different populations were studied: one from Greece and Turkey (Gr. &amp; Tr.), a population from Italy (It.), and a population from Central Europe (CE) (geographic origins of examined specimens are summarized in Fig. 33). Relative warps were calculated in male and female populations separately and plotted on an axis system. The RW1 axis of males corresponded to 39.02% and RW2 to 18.99% of shape variability. In females, RW1 indicated 43.87% of shape variation and RW2 indicated 20.91%. TPS transformation grids (not included in the article) showed little shape variability; the elytra appeared, in general, more parallel in the Greek and Turkish populations. Populations from Italy had a more arched elytra and the pronotum was slightly broader (Figs 7 and 8).
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MANOVA was performed subsequently. Male populations revealed significant shape dissimilarity (F = 10.35;
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lambda = 0.121; DF = 30/166; p &lt;0.00001). Shape variability was found to be also significant in the female populations (F = 8.337;
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lambda = 0.166; DF = 30/172; p &lt;0.00001). Canonical variate analysis on the first 15 axes was performed and represented 99.54% of the shape variation in males and 99.68% in females. Results indicated overlap between all groups (Fig. 35). The jackknifed values of the confusion matrix for both sexes are presented in Tables 4 and 5. The most obvious separation was seen in the Italian population, which showed incorrect classification of only 7 specimens in the two sexes taken together of a total 72 specimens. The Central European population showed higher variation in the male than was that in the female populations from Greece and Turkey.
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Table 4. Canonical variate analysis confusion matrix of male
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populations demonstrating the classification of specimens to the groups depending on their proximity to the various means.
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<th id="09EAB8590ED2542638EBA10D5465D618" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">
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populations, males
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<th id="8F711808978BA42D2AE260C4892B1301" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Pop. (Gr. &amp; Tr.)</th>
<th id="A2F5CA30800B17D28D067F48FF573BDF" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Pop. (It.)</th>
<th id="E590D7FF8FD7857A8972EDAE5BB9D6E4" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Pop. (CE)</th>
<th id="3379A2EF673F481FDE61013FC15AE9A4" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Total</th>
</tr>
<tr id="6AE70001BA4B634C10B6E1BF09B94FCF" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<td id="702F55BED0DE0AA0125D754290C7E322" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">15</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C3A385177FBA4D627CDE1D482445B5E4" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<td id="7E1CFA09BF86132AD51D423BDBA92CFC" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">35</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C938812446C2D6A38D5EEA32DD650698" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<td id="2854BEDECBB1CB58BA69D81656AF9A66" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">28</td>
</tr>
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<paragraph id="272D65BBD3355B9EB0F6F0122AB6E06B" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
Table 5. Canonical variate analysis confusion matrix of female
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populations.
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<table id="1E1611A8B51A9338B00EB2C39DD657AA" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<tr id="41BB6DB5A915205082CE719D312F3E6D" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<th id="715F3B317464433BCB0F22386A9FF2BA" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="451F53905BD8C813718359F864DF8EA8" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Ablattaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ablattaria laevigata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laevigata">Ablattaria laevigata</taxonomicName>
populations, females
</th>
<th id="5DFE592A55D98BD349F07E2BC24208D2" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Pop. (Gr. &amp; Tr.)</th>
<th id="4AED1B3E3785678C6A88D261F83F5A67" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Pop. (It.)</th>
<th id="6A4A1A69FEA7C9AAC1B668855173A955" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Pop. (CE)</th>
<th id="6060C00153990AD6306906BF45CB147E" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Total</th>
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<tr id="D4EC2DE463E00E06471DD7AA638F9E8F" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<td id="C428A45F9D28ADDEF520B9FFD23417CD" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">27</td>
</tr>
<tr id="597D6AE7592C8626C400199C70A35271" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<td id="28F698A49F9D465514354ED853F46EA3" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">30</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DC5859D062F5FA2D0FF8C12EABA04AF9" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<td id="A8FF8EF3DD3DF56E49524A3B50206698" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">21</td>
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<paragraph id="2360E2E4F1D24F9B385F96158108C1E6" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">In order to determine whether allometry played a role in this categorization, and even though the sample was too small, regression results indicated significant relationship between size and shape in both sexes (Table 6). Despite the fact that size explained a low percentage of the body shape (11.49% in males and 9.91% in females), its effect cannot be denied and the influence of allometry can be noted.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BBCA722B9AF1D0C9955F9A0BB294A179" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
Figure 35. Canonical variate analysis (CVA) of male (above) and female (below) body shape changes in selected populations of
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; Gr. &amp; Tr. (Greece &amp; Turkey), It. (Italy), CE (Central Europe).
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="9800F05A851B87D6DD0C09A7CC1C655F" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">Table 6. Multivariate regression of log centroid size on shape for both sexes of the three populations.</paragraph>
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<tr id="4ABA90B372C757C46C532EB18F992F49" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
<th id="4D60071C27186C05822145094239A7C5" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="2">Explained variance</th>
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F -test
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<th id="C473924A0C094A260F7601BF343878A5" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">Sex</th>
<th id="911BD52C8A67940D4148F49896D187F2" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">F -value</th>
<th id="3760C01F31256338A4BD3A1C1E54AAFD" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">DF</th>
<th id="6E022CE0FC97B198940DC40A8C2FF3DB" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">p -value</th>
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<td id="B4E1075A7C9D8ADE8EF9A26F08581224" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">p</td>
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<td id="A651E4CA8E69F05D5B2F187464C9A5B1" colspan="1" pageId="16" pageNumber="95" rowspan="1">p</td>
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<paragraph id="852924514618E533A0D11DE1F3A5FFF7" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="96" pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
The linear size (body length of pronotum and elytra) of both sexes was measured and plotted in a simple boxplot (Fig. 36). In general, females were larger than males. Even though body length differences did not appear to be very marked, the smallest
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the three groups was the population from Central Europe, particularly the males, whereas the females were only slightly smaller than the Greek and Turkish females. The largest specimens measured here were those from Italy.
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<paragraph id="E6DD8C02A03BB89311150A3B3D67EE61" pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
Figure 36. Boxplots of male (above) and female (below) body length in selected populations of
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; Gr. &amp; Tr. (Greece &amp; Turkey), It. (Italy), CE (Central Europe).
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