Statistical Analyses of Termite Population of Anacanthotermes vagans in Golestan Province (Isoptera:Hodotermitidae)

Due to wide distribution analysis of A.vagans in Golestan Province morphometric were performed on this species. Statistical analysis in both small and large soldiers revealed that characters of MH. Index (length of left mandible / length of head to side base of mandible), H. index (Max width head / length of head to side base of mandible) and W.PM (width of posmentum) have the least of variability. Analysis of variance was used to find significant differences among the groups. The results show that except, two characters, L.H.S.M (length of head to side base of mandible) and H.index (max with of head/length of head to side base of mandible) all other characters among the groups of small soldiers are significantly different. Among large soldiers two characters of LP (length of pronotum) and W.PM (width of postmentum) showed significant difference (P<0.05). Grouping obtained base on PCA analysis separated the specimen collected from Khorasan and Golestan province. Finally on the basis of the cluster analysis, relationship between population samples from different locality and different species showed that A. esmailii Ghayourfar has the most relationship with A. vagans.