Odd-order group conjugacy-class congruence ($|G|-k(G)\equiv 0(\mathrm{mod}16)$)

An odd-order finite group has only odd irreducible degrees, by irreducible character degree divides the group order. Its nontrivial characters occur in distinct conjugate pairs, by the Frobenius-Schur indicator. Therefore $|G|-k(G)={\sum }_{\chi }(\chi (1{)}^2-1)$ is a sum of pairs $2(d^2-1)$ with $d$ odd. Since $d^2\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}8)$, each pair is divisible by sixteen. Here $k(G)$ is the number of conjugacy classes.