Table 2.
Average size of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti male and female pupae classified by cephalothorax, abdomen, and body length after being sex separated by using larval-pupal glass separators (Model 5412, John W. Hock Company, Gainesville, FL, USA)
| Morphology | Rep. | Size (mm.) (Mean ± SD) |
95% CI | t | df | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cephalothorax | ||||||
| Male | 60 | 2.21 ± 0.43 | -0.91– -0.67 | -12.948 | 59 | 0.0001* |
| Female | 60 | 3.00 ± 0.11 | ||||
| Abdomen | ||||||
| Male | 60 | 2.40 ± 0.41 | -0.86– -0.59 | -10.869 | 59 | 0.0001* |
| Female | 60 | 3.13 ± 0.42 | ||||
| Body length | ||||||
| Male | 60 | 4.08 ± 0.74 | -1.60– -1.17 | -12.714 | 59 | 0.0001* |
| Female | 60 | 5.46 ± 0.42 | ||||
*Significant difference at P < 0.05