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Table 1 The allometric relationship between rostrum length and body size in Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti

From: Structural comparison of the rostra of two species of weevils coexisting on Ailanthus altissima: the response to ecological demands of egg deposition

 

SEX

95 % CI

F

P

ANCOVA (rostrum and body size)

ANCOVA (rostrum and sex)

E. scrobiculatus

Female

0.72–0.92

F1,92 = 2.581

0.112

 F = 270.061

 F = 1.189

 

Male

P < 0.001

P = 0.278

E. brandti

Female

0.67–0.92

F1,96  =  0.346

0.558

 F = 161.012

 F = 0.538

 

Male

P < 0.001

P = 0.465

E. scrobiculatus

Female

0.63–0.87

F1,100 =  0.0001

0.970

 F = 157.197

 F = 1.026

E. brandti

P < 0.001

P = 0.314

E. scrobiculatus

Male

0.76–0.96

F1,88 =  0.737

0.393

 F = 273.489

 F = 0.206

E. brandti

P < 0.001

P = 0.651