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 1

Total number of Merope tuber collected per trap type per block, with subtotals of trap type and block.

	Block	Number of females caught	Number of males caught	Total caught
Trap type
Malaise trap	1	0	0	0
Pan trap (purple)	1	1	1	2
Pan trap (yellow)	1	1	0	1
Pan trap (blue)	1	0	0	0
Pan trap (white)	1	1	0	1
Pan trap (red)	1	0	0	0
Malaise trap	2	0	1	1
Pan trap (purple)	2	2	0	2
Pan trap (yellow)	2	1	0	1
Pan trap (blue)	2	2	1	3
Pan trap (white)	2	2	1	3
Pan trap (red)	2	4	1	5
Malaise trap	3	0	0	0
Pan trap (purple)	3	2	0	2
Pan trap (yellow)	3	0	0	0
Pan trap (blue)	3	0	1	1
Pan trap (white)	3	1	0	1
Pan trap (red)	3	1	1	2
Malaise trap	4	0	0	0
Pan trap (purple)	4	5	3	8
Pan trap (yellow)	4	8	2	10
Pan trap (blue)	4	7	3	10
Pan trap (white)	4	2	2	4
Pan trap (red)	4	2	1	3
Malaise trap	5	1	0	1
Pan trap (purple)	5	2	3	5
Pan trap (yellow)	5	5	1	6
Pan trap (blue)	5	2	1	3
Pan trap (white)	5	4	0	4
Pan trap (red)	5	2	1	3
Trap subtotal
Malaise trap	—	1	1	2
Pan trap (purple)	—	12	7	19
Pan trap (yellow)	—	15	3	18
Pan trap (blue)	—	11	6	17
Pan trap (white)	—	10	3	13
Pan trap (red)	—	9	4	13
Block subtotal
—	1	3	1	4
—	2	11	4	15
—	3	4	2	6
—	4	24	11	35
—	5	16	6	22
Total	—	58	24	82