Figure 5
Relationship between the body shape and jumping distance of the seven Myrmarachne species. (a) Two-block partial least squares analysis (PLS) of the jumping distance against the mean body shape of the seven Myrmarachne species. The horizontal axis of the scatter plot represents the first PLS axis for body shape based on 16 landmarks and the vertical axis represents the first PLS axis for the jumping distance of the seven species. (MAC: M. acromegalis, MCO: M. cornuta, MHA: M. hashimotoi, MME: M. melanocephala, MMX: M. maxillosa, MMY: M. malayana, and MPL: M. plataleoides). (b) Transformation grids illustrate the shape changes associated with the PLS shape vector in positive and negative directions. (Box plots showing the variation in the jumping distances and wireframe outlines showing the mean body shapes of the seven Myrmarachne species have been provided in Supplementary Fig. S2).
