Description
Six measurements on each of three species of flea-beetles: concinna, heptapotamica, and heikertingeri.
Format
A data frame with 74 observations on the following 7 variables.
species
- a factor with levels
Concinna
, Heikert.
, and Heptapot.
tars1
- width of the first joint of the first tarsus in microns
(the sum of measurements for both tarsi).
tars2
- the same for the second joint.
head
- the maximal width of the head between the external edges of the
eyes in 0.01 mm.
aede1
- the maximal width of the aedeagus in the fore-part in microns.
aede2
- the front angle of the aedeagus (1 unit = 7.5 degrees).
aede3
- the aedeagus width from the side in microns.
Source
Lubischew, AA "On the Use of Discriminant Functions in Taxonomy", Biometrics, Dec. 1962, pp. 455-477.References
Dianne Cook and Deborah F. Swayne, Interactive and Dynamic Graphics for Data Analysis:
With Examples Using R and GGobi. URL: http://www.ggobi.org/book/data/flea.xml