TABLE 4 in Unravelling cryptic species diversity in eastern Nearctic paper wasps, Polistes (Fuscopolistes), using male genitalia, morphometrics and DNA barcoding, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

TABLE 4. Male genitalia: morphometric parameters of aedeagus, digitus and paramere of eastern Nearctic Fuscopolistes. Explanations: Avg—arithmetic mean, Range—observed minimum and maximum values, SD—standard deviation, n —number of measured specimens. P. bellicosus WA is a form with wide aedeagus that might be a different species than the typical form. " Polistes carolina " possesses two different forms that correspond to separate clusters in the genetic analysis (see discussion of molecular study).
Aedeagus: bellicosus WA Length from base of median fuscatus expansion to apex / Width of median expansion (AL/MEW) carolina A metricus1.61 1.68 1.80 1.821.54–1.67 0.09 1.56–1.82 0.09 1.69–1.88 0.10 1.69–1.94 0.122 10 3 5AR, FL AR, FL, MD, TX, ON AR, SC FL, MD, MO, TXbellicosus2.001.88–2.11 0.106FL, MD, TXrubiginosus2.142.00–2.22 0.085MO, TXparametricus2.172.14–2.22 0.053MDhirsuticornis2.242.08–2.50 0.223MDcarolina X/TX2.242.11–2.40 0.115FL, TXdorsalis2.632.38–3.00 0.235FL, MD, TXAedeagus: bellicosus WA Length from base of median metricus expansion to apex / carolina A Minimum width near apex (AL/MPW) fuscatus bellicosus5.1 5.3 5.5 5.5 7.14.8–5.5 0.46 5.0–6.0 0.38 5.0–6.0 0.50 4.4–6.3 0.59 6.1–8.3 0.782 5 3 10 6as abovehirsuticornis7.66.3–10.0 1.653rubiginosus8.37.1–10.0 1.185parametricus8.98.0–10.0 1.033carolina X/TX9.68.3–11.5 1.275dorsalis11.510.0–15.4 2.245Aedeagus maximum tooth length (μm) dorsalis rubiginosus hirsuticornis carolina A35.0 36.8 38.5 42.832–40 3.3 32–40 3.4 32–40 4.7 40–47 3.45 5 3 4bellicosus WA43.542–45 2.12as aboveparametricus44.040–48 4.03carolina X/TX44.639–48 4.05bellicosus45.542–48 2.56metricus48.444–50 3.15fuscatus71.064–88 10.510Digitus: fuscatus Apical process length / Total length metricus bellicosus0.17 0.18 0.210.10–0.21 0.032 0.15–0.20 0.021 0.18–0.24 0.02610 5 6carolina A0.220.21–0.24 0.0134bellicosus WA0.230.21–0.24 0.0212as aboveparametricus0.230.21–0.27 0.0383carolina X/TX0.230.19–0.28 0.0325hirsuticornis0.240.21–0.26 0.0213rubiginosus dorsalis0.26 0.260.23–0.29 0.024 0.24–0.28 0.0185 5
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