Comparative analysis reveals the complex role of histoblast nest size in the evolution of novel insect abdominal appendages in Sepsidae (Diptera)

Table 1 Appendage presence significantly increases sexual dimorphism in histoblast nests in most species

Species	Appendage status	Sex effect	Segment effect
Orygma luctuosum	Putatively ancestral	0.86	***
Archisepsis armata	Absent	0.79	0.26
Allosepsis indica	Absent	0.77	***
Dicranosepsis sp.	Absent	0.42	***
Sepsis fulgens	Absent	0.07	***
Sepsis latiforceps	Absent	0.11	**
Sepsis punctum	Absent	0.9	**
Meroplius alberquerquei	Absent	**	***
Meroplius fasciculatus	Present	***	***
Nemopoda nitidula	Present	***	***
Themira biloba	Present	***	***
Themira flavicoxa	Present	***	***
Themira lucida	Present	***	***
Themira minor	Present	***	***
Themira putris	Present	***	***
Microsepsis armillata	Present	0.82	***
Perochaeta dikowi	Present	0.46	***

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