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  • Digitizing pseudo-landmarks along the contour of anatomical structures.
  • Comparing outline data with traditional landmark-based morphometrics.

    • Main Results:

    • Outline analysis can compare homologous organs or structures even without traditional landmarks.
    • The method successfully distinguished between cryptic species and characterized geographic populations of vector organisms.
    • Outline-based morphometrics achieved comparable results to landmark-based approaches for species recognition.

    Conclusions:

    • Outline-based morphometrics, particularly elliptic Fourier analysis, is a powerful tool for arthropod shape analysis.
    • This method expands the scope of morphometric studies to a wider range of anatomical structures and arthropod groups.
    • It provides a valuable alternative for species identification and population characterization, especially for cryptic or closely related forms.