Dendrogram comparing the results of “kmeans”, and “hclust” in NC Clustering using UPGMA distance method of Solenopsis workers’ morphometric raw data. Ocher bars: S. fugax, blue bars: S. juliae. The type material of S. juliae was not available for measurements, not shown. Black bar represents the S. cypridis samples as outgroup. Data input: raw data within the character system of SC. The cypridis cluster (black bars) was assigned as outlier in ‘hclust’ but ‘kmeans’ assigned it in the fugax cluster. Note: four workers mounted on different pins (3 and 1 workers respectively) of the S. cypridis syntype material appear separately in the tree.

 
 
  Part of: Csősz S, Seifert B, László M, Yusupov ZM, Herczeg G (2023) Broadly sympatric occurrence of two thief ant species Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) and S. juliae (Arakelian, 1991) in the East European Pontic-Caspian region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is disclosed. ZooKeys 1187: 189-222. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1187.105866