Table 5. Outcome of the assessment of deviation from normality (Shapiro-Wilks W statistic) and the degree of skewness (g₁) and kurtosis (g₂) for the log transformed body size frequency distributions based on the linear measures made for all 16 insect species considered.

Species	n	W	P	g1	g2
Microhodotermes viator	98	0.921	<0.0001	0.633**	−0.656ns
Gryllus bimaculatus	199	0.973	0.0009	0.064ns	−0.590ns
Nysius sp.	120	0.980	0.065	−0.119ns	0.166ns
Rhagovelia maculata	108	0.903	<0.0001	−0.098ns	−1.475**
Dira clytus	107	0.953	0.0008	0.005ns	3.428***
Setapion provinciale	112	0.972	0.016	−0.328ns	−0.680ns
Setapion quantillum	120	0.928	<0.0001	−1.064***	1.206*
Chrysomelid sp	172	0.965	0.0002	0.444*	−0.480ns
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata	207	0.979	0.004	−0.464**	0.967*
Gonipterus scutellatus	138	0.962	0.0007	−0.231ns	−0.956ns
Pachnoda sinuata	107	0.987	0.0380	−0.070ns	−0.496ns
Ceratitis capitata	103	0.968	0.013	0.017ns	−0.211ns
Formicidae sp	119	0.781	<0.0001	0.363ns	−1.731**
Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae	140	0.908	<0.0001	−1.002***	0.601ns
Trichilogaster signiventris	102	0.944	0.0003	−0.779**	1.110ns
Polistes sp.	97	0.981	0.177	−0.072ns	−0.243ns

*P<0.05,

**P<0.01,

***P<0.001,

ns = not significant, after correction for the false discovery rate.