Beta
324496

Morphological Variation Within Populations of Darkling Beetles Pimelia carinata Solier, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Inhabiting in Different Regions in Egypt

Article

Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Most eukaryotic animals described in the world are insects. However, studies of morphometric measurements, isolation, and habitat differences are still very few for insects, especially desert insects. This study aimed to compare measurements of morphological traits of dissimilar Pimelia carinata populations as darkling beetle models in the Egyptian desert. A morphometric variations variable comparison was taken by a micrometer microscope for samples of 6 ecoregions from Egypt including; the Western Coastal Desert, El-Faiyum depression, oases of the Western Desert, Eastern Desert, Delta, and south Sinai. Morphological measurements depend upon twenty-one traits that were studied, using cluster analysis and principal component analysis to distinguish the different traits of populations. The first and second of the discriminant scores (Score 1 and Score 2) were registered at 77.64% and 24.61% of the complete variation in different samples. Multiple discriminant analyses detected clear morphometric variations between the populations of Western Desert, and Western Coastal Desert in the first cluster. while the second cluster comprises of Eastern Desert, El-Faiyum, and Nile Delta. The population of Sinai is present in a separate cluster. The traits showing maximum variability across beetle populations were those associated with morphological estimates.

DOI

10.21608/eajbsa.2023.324496

Keywords

desert, Ecoregions, insects, isolation, Morphometric traits

Authors

First Name

Saber

Last Name

Riad

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

saberiad60@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-8663-8862

Volume

16

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

44190

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-10-11

Publish Date

2023-11-11

Page Start

25

Page End

37

Print ISSN

1687-8809

Online ISSN

2090-0813

Link

https://eajbsa.journals.ekb.eg/article_324496.html

Detail API

https://eajbsa.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=324496

Order

324,496

Type

Original Article

Type Code

667

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology

Publication Link

https://eajbsa.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Morphological Variation Within Populations of Darkling Beetles Pimelia carinata Solier, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Inhabiting in Different Regions in Egypt

Details

Type

Article

Created At

24 Dec 2024