Scaling Relationships and Sexual Size Dimorphism Among the Body Parts of Holotrichia oblita (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

ABSTRACT Sexual dimorphism is common among insects. However, whether dimorphism influences the wing loading (i.e., body mass per unit wing area) and scaling relationships among body parts in beetles has seldom been explored. Here, we examined Holotrichia oblita (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) gender diff...

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Main Authors: Mengmeng Zhu, Karl J. Niklas, Long Chen, Lin Wang, Yabing Jiao, Peijian Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-07-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71760
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