Non-significant intersexual differences in millipede mass

Abstract

Mass (g) in the diplopod class was available in fifteen species Apfelbeckia insculpta (L. Koch, 1867), Calostreptus sp., Cladethosoma clarum (Chamberlin, 1920), Centrobolus digrammus (Pocock, 1893), C. fulgidus (Lawrence, 1967), C. inscriptus (Attems, 1928), C. ruber (Attems, 1928), Doratogonus uncinatus (Attems, 1914), Glomeris marginata (Villers, 1789), Megaphyllum kievense (Lohmander, 1928), Nyssodesmus python (Peters, 1864), Odontopyge sp., Pachyiulus hungaricus (Karsch, 1881) and Spinotarsus sp. Values were presented for intersexual comparison (Table 1). Species ranged in size from Pachyiulus hungaricus males (0.031g) to Golmeris marginata (11g). Invariably males were lighter than females but non-statistical significant differences from populations were found for independent tests (t=-0.02929; p=0.488353; n=23) and dependent tests (t=0.727822; p=0.23525; n=23).