Report on a Large Collection of Merope tuber Newman, 1838 (Mecoptera: Meropeidae), from Arkansas, with Notes on Collection Technique, Sex Ratio, and Male Clasper Size

Table 2

Minimum, maximum, and mean measurements of various body parts and results of Shapiro-Wilk goodness-of-fit tests on the same. is considered significant. Significant values are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Measurement	Sex	Minimum (mm)	Maximum (mm)	Mean (mm)	SD (mm)		Prob. <
Head width	Female	0.8	1.32	1.1	0.12	0.97	0.247
Pronotum width	Female	1.06	1.69	1.41	0.16	0.97	0.196
Forewing length	Female	8.86	13.28	11.66	0.9	0.98	0.337
Abdomen length	Female	4.1	8.96	6.44	1.3	0.97	0.153
Head width	Male	0.77	1.39	1.11	0.15	0.96	0.534
Pronotum width	Male	0.95	1.63	1.31	0.17	0.97	0.756
Forewing length	Male	9.52	13.39	11.82	1.04	0.971	0.695
Abdomen length	Male	4.07	7.61	5.8	0.78	0.95	0.206
Basistylus length	Male	2.21	5.09	4.05	0.77	0.95	0.265
Dististylus length	Male	1.47	2.91	2.34	0.43	0.91	0.036*
Clasper total length	Male	3.68	7.97	6.38	1.17	0.94	0.138