Does sexual size dimorphism vary with temperature in forest millipedes Centrobolus Cook, 1897?

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to determine what happened when Bergmann’s Rule met Rensch’s Rule if Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) and body size changed with an eco-geographical factor. The environmental temperature was correlated with body size and SSD in the forest millipede genus Centrobolus. There was a significant positive correlation between SSD and environmental temperature (r=0.34, Z score=1.49, n=22, p< 0.07). Eco-geographical variance in the polygynandrous reproductive systems occurs with larger females and higher SSD in warmer habitats.