TABLE 5. Characteristics of antennae in adult females of the Caucasian troglomorphic Arropalites and Troglopalites species.
Character / Species A. abchasicus A. colchicus A. macronyx A. profundus T. stygios
SS—subsegments; b—basal subsegment; m—median subsegments; a—apical subsegment.
Ant length (in µm) (max (mean)) 644 600 972 755 1500
Ant/total body ratio (mean) 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.74 0.90
Ant/head ratio (mean) 1.98 1.87 2.09 2.06 2.86
Ant IV/head ratio (mean) 1.14 1.05 1.26 1.15 1.70
Ant IV part in Ant length 57.61% 56.09% 60.22% 59.06% 59.50%
SS in Ant IV 6 6 7–8 7 13
Annuli between SS 1–6 1–3 1–6 1–4 1–4
Ant IV whorls (b+m+a) 13 (5+4+4) 14 14 (5+5+4) 14 (5+5+4) 20 (5+11+ 4)
Setae in Ant I, II, III, IV 7, 14, 20, 100 7, 14, 20, 119 6, 14, 20, 117 6, 14, 20, 111 7, 14, 20, 187
Setae in Ant IV-b 27 31 29 24 31
Ant I/II/III/IV (mean) 1/2.6/4.4/11.6 1/2/3/7.4 1/2.2/3.2/9 1/2.1/3.4/8.3 1/3.0/5.2/12.4