Table 2. Body sizes of Ibalia leucospoides males (n = 32) and females (n = 24).
| Sex | Body size | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorax1 | Abdomen | Total Surface Area (mm2) |
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| Length (mm) |
Width (mm) |
Depth (mm) |
Surface Area (mm2)2 |
Length (mm) |
Width (mm) |
Depth (mm) |
Surface Area (mm2) |
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| Female | 2.98 ± 0.15 | 1.60 ± 0.09 | 1.71 ± 0.08 | 12.9 ± 1.18 a3 | 5.77 ± 0.22 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 2.31 ± 0.12 | 20.4 ± 1.64 a | 34.61 ± 2.77 a |
| Male | 2.83 ± 0.08 | 1.54 ± 0.06 | 1.66 ± 0.05 | 12.6 ± 0.66 a | 4.72 ± 0.14 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.88 ± 0.04 | 14.3 ± 0.66 b | 26.9 ± 1.26 b |
Notes.
1
Includes propodeum.
2
The relative body surface area was calculated for both thorax and abdomen, which were both assumed to be a prolate ellipsoid (Wang & Messing, 2004; Macias-Ordonez & Draud, 2005; Wang et al., 2016).
3
Values (mean ± S.E.) followed by the same letter within each column were not significantly different (Student two-tailed t test, P > 0.05).