TABLE 3 in Rhizotrogus ruzzantei, a new species from southwestern Sardinia (Italy), with biogeographic considerations on the Sulcis-Iglesiente subregion and Scarabaeoidea endemics of Sardinia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini)

TABLE 3. Post-hoc pairwise comparisons of individual morphological characters between Rhizotrogus genei Blanchard and R. ruzzantei sp. nov. PERMANOVA t-statistics and their associated significance levels for each morphometrically analyzed character are reported in the table. Significance codes: (*) p ≤ 0.001, (**) p ≤ 0.01, (***) p ≤ 0.05. The number of unique permutations provides an estimate of the robustness of the observed differences. Term “Character x Species” for pairs of levels of factor “Species” Rhizotrogus genei Blanchard versus R. ruzzantei sp. nov.Characterst and significanceUnique permsBody length3.38**500Body Max width4.29***196Ratio body length/width1.62116Protarsus11.82***123Protibia0.9642Ratio protarsus/protibia16.24***281Mesotarsus5.62***103Metatarsus3.81**106