Table 2 Queen and worker means (in mm), Bonferroni t-test and ANCOVA analyses for each morphometrical variable in Metapolybia docilis.

Pre-emergence

9 queens and 64 workers

HL

2.00 ± 0.06

1.95 ± 0.07

HW

2.42 ± 0.06

2.41 ± 0.07

IDm

1.00 ± 0.04

0.99 ± 0.04

PW

1.86 ± 0.07

1.83 ± 0.06

MTL

0.48 ± 0.03

0.47 ± 0.03

AL

2.97 ± 0.12

2.90 ± 0.14

T2H*

2.02 ± 0.06

1.90 ± 0.10

T1L*

2.22 ± 0.04

2.16 ± 0.08

T2BW

0.50 ± 0.02

0.49 ± 0.04

WL

4.48 ± 0.10

4.40 ± 0.13

Worker-producing

23 queens and 30 workers

HL

2.03 ± 0.04

2.02 ± 0.03

HW

2.44 ± 0.04

2.46 ± 0.05

IDm

1.04 ± 0.02

1.04 ± 0.03

PW

1.28 ± 0.04

1.29 ± 0.07

MTL*

0.50 ± 0.02

0.53 ± 0.03

AL

3.25 ± 0.07

3.24 ± 0.09

T2H*

2.11 ± 0.08

1.96 ± 0.07

T1L

2.25 ± 0.04

2.23 ± 0.06

T2BW

0.51 ± 0.02

0.50 ± 0.02

WL

4.56 ± 0.08

4.54 ± 0.10

Male-producing

4 queens and 30 workers

HL

1.95 ± 0.05

2.00 ± 0.04

HW

2.43 ± 0.07

2.45 ± 0.03

IDm

1.03 ± 0.03

1.03 ± 0.03

PW*

1.42 ± 0.05

1.27 ± 0.04

MTL

0.54 ± 0.03

0.53 ± 0.03

AL

3.06 ± 0.15

3.15 ± 0.09

T2H

1.98 ± 0.07

2.02 ± 0.11

T1L

2.20 ± 0.12

2.23 ± 0.05

T2BW

0.50 ± 0.00

0.48 ± 0.02

WL

4.53 ± 0.16

4.55 ± 0.09

Absconding

1 queen and 44 workers

HL

2.00

1.94 ± 0.05

HW

2.37

2.40 ± 0.05

IDm

1.06

1.02 ± 0.05

PW

1.25

1.24 ± 0.08

MTL*

0.56

0.47 ± 0.04

AL

3.06

3.06 ± 0.11

T2H

2.00

1.95 ± 0.10

T1L

2.18

2.15 ± 0.07

T2BW

0.50

0.49 ± 0.03

WL

4.25

4.31 ± 0.11

Swarm

7 queens and 11 workers

HL

1.94 ± 0.04

1.92 ± 0.06

HW

2.37 ± 0.05

2.34 ± 0.08

IDm*

1.01 ± 0.03

0.97 ± 0.03

PW

1.19 ± 0.04

1.18 ± 0.07

MTL

0.50 ± 0.00

0.48 ± 0.03

AL

3.00 ± 0.03

2.96 ± 0.03

T2H*

1.94 ± 0.07

1.82 ± 0.08

T1L

2.15 ± 0.03

2.14 ± 0.09

T2BW

0.48 ± 0.03

0.47 ± 0.03

WL*

4.41 ± 0.07

4.26 ± 0.14