Ancestral character state reconstruction of PC 2 (cf. Fig. 13) as continuous data based on maximum parsimony method. Color gradient automatically generated by Mesquite ranging from the smallest to the largest PC 2 values, with colder colors representing lower PC 2 values and warmer colors higher PC 2 values. Deformation grids below show mandibular shapes represented by different values of PC2 (small colored squares).
Part of: Spiessberger EL, Newton AF, Thayer MK, Betz O (2024) Comparative morphology of the feeding apparatus of Staphylinine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 82: 267-303. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.82.e114508