Table 1. Average data, coefficients of variation (CV) and t-tests comparing males and females for 18 measurements.

Parameter	length in µm; area in µm2; mass in g; Nm,f = 6	CV (%)	significance	male-female ratio
P(area)	m: 51038±9353f: 51035±8668	18.316.9	t = −0.0006P = 0.99	1.00
A1-l(area)	m: 81206±16762f: 46223±6152	20.613.3	t = −4.79P<0.001 **	1.75
A2-l(area)	m: 83140±15936f: 83670±9045	19.210.8	t = −0.07P = 0.94	0.99
A3-l(area)	m: 63927±20659f: 62949±14523	32.323.1	t = −0.09P = 0.92	1.01
A1-r(area)	m: 76623±18411f: 56040±8092	24.014.4	t = −2.5P<0.05 **	1.36
A2-r(area)	m: 89647±16610f: 73871±10471	18.514.2	t = −1.96P = 0.07	1.21
A3-r(area)	m: 67434±24756f: 59322±16642	36.728.0	t = −0.66P = 0.51	1.13
LL-area-l	m: 67938±24332f: 106828±25195	35.823.6	t = 2.7P<0.05 **	0.63
ML-area-l	m: 95864±36517f: 85576±37784	38.144.1	t = −0.47P = 0.64	1.12
ML-length-l	m: 949±201f: 718±167	21.223.3	t = −2.14P = 0.057	1.31
MTM-length-l	m: 446±95f: 642±134	21.220.8	t = 2.92P<0.05 **	0.69
combined ML-MTM length-l	m: 1395±287f: 1361±121	20.68.9	t = −0.26P = 0.79	1.02
LL-area-r	m: 59612±17471f: 98526±40612	29.341.2	t = 2.15P = 0.056	0.60
ML-area-r	m: 92982±29263f: 88182±37399	31.542.4	t = −0.24P = 0.81	1.05
ML-length-r	m: 939±231f: 777±220	24.628.4	t = −1.24P = 0.24	1.20
MTM-length-r	m: 460±131f: 521±90	28.417.3	t = 0.94P = 0.37	0.88
combined ML-MTM length-r	m: 1399±284f: 1297±211	20.316.3	t = −0.69P = 0.50	1.08
Body mass	m: 13.7±0.4f: 11.8±0.7	2.86.2	t = −5.67P<0.001	1.16