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. 2016 Aug 22;6:31659. doi: 10.1038/srep31659

Table 1. Means and standard errors of development time, adult longevity, adult preoviposition period (APOP), total preoviposition period (TPOP), oviposition days, fecundity of R. ferrugineus at six constant temperatures.

Stage Temperature (°C)
21 24 27 30 33 36
Egg (d) 6.6 ± 0.1 a 4.4 ± 0.1 b 3.3 ± 0.1 c 2.7 ± 0.1 d 2.3 ± 0.1 e 2.2 ± 0.1 f
Larva (d) 215.4 ± 5.6 a 197.7 ± 9.8 a 144.1 ± 8.1 b 120.2 ± 3.5 c 120.1 ± 6.3 c 122.7 ± 5.8 c
Pupa (d) 16.1 ± 0.8 b 19.3 ± 0.8 a 12.3 ± 0.3 c 11.9 ± 0.3 c 10.7 ± 0.4 d 8.8 ± 0.3 e
Preadult (d) 237.8 ± 5.9 a 218.2 ± 10.7 a 165.1 ± 8.4 b 135.3 ± 3.7 c 134.9 ± 4.4 c 131.8 ± 6.5 c
Female adult (d) 144.5 ± 10.8 a 112.0 ± 18.4 ab 94.7 ± 10.1 bcd 99.4 ± 12.6 bc 69.0 ± 10.3 cd 62.2 ± 14.1 d
Male adult (d) 87.1 ± 13.8 b 158.0 ± 11.7 a 132.2 ± 15.9 a 89.5 ± 9.6 b 56.3 ± 7.0 c 45.9 ± 12.2 c
APOP (d) 10.1 ± 1.0 a 8.2 ± 1.2 ab 4.7 ± 0.5 d 7.0 ± 1.0 bc 6.1 ± 0.5 bcd 4.8 ± 0.9 cd
TPOP (d) 249.7 ± 3.8 a 204.9 ± 13.5 b 151.5 ± 5.4 c 144.3 ± 7.5 c 139.0 ± 6.7 cd 125.0 ± 6.0 d
Oviposition days 53.6 ± 4.1 a 59.9 ± 11.4 a 56.2 ± 6.3 a 48.0 ± 5.7 ab 31.8 ± 6.9 bc 23.6 ± 3.2 c
Fecundity (egg) 75.2 ± 7.9 bc 97.0 ± 21.1 ab 125.0 ± 15.4 a 124.1 ± 17.9 a 108.1 ± 25.9 ab 42.1 ± 10.3 d

Means in the same row followed by the same letter are not significantly different. The SEs were estimated using 100,000 bootstraps and compared using a paired bootstrap test based on CI of differences.