Table 3. Mean female and male body size (measured as wing length), mating plug size, and sperm transferred in couples captured in copula from experimental swarms of the four treatment groups.
| Variable | M KIL × F KIL | M Mopti × F Mopti | Supermales × F KIL | Supermales × F Mopti |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female Wing Length (mm) | 3.17 (3.14–3.20) | 3.20 (3.17–3.22) | 3.17 (3.14–3.19) | 3.17 (3.14–3.18) |
| 50 | 44 | 47 | 44 | |
| Male Wing Length (mm) | 3.01 (2.98–3.05) | 2.99 (2.95–3.03) | 3.02 (2.99–3.06) | 3.02 (2.99–3.06) |
| 50 | 44 | 47 | 44 | |
| Mating Plug Size (mm2) | 0.0334 (0.0318–0.0349) | 0.0363 (0.0347–0.0379) | 0.0362 (0.0346–0.0378) | 0.0373 (0.0357–0.0389) |
| 50 | 44 | 47 | 45 | |
| Sperm Amount (Index)a | 4.98 (3.79–6.17) | 6.15 (3.65–8.66) | 6.11 (4.47–7.75) | 4.64 (3.46–5.80) |
| 50 | 43 | 45 | 44 |
Ninety-five percent confidence intervals are in brackets and sample sizes in italics.
a
Here a sperm index was used solely for quantitative comparison purposes due to methodological limitations (see methods)