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Table 1 Traction forces [mN], mean ± sd (n = 5), generated by adult Monochamus alternatus on different substrates

From: Strongest grip on the rod: tarsal morphology and attachment of Japanese pine sawyer beetles

Substrate

Male

Female

Horizontal glass plate

59.3 ± 32.59 a

66.0 ± 26.94 a

Vertical glass plate

<4.0*

< 5.1*

Horizontal glass rod

127.7 ± 43.71 b

74.1 ± 42.93 ab

Vertical glass rod

63.0 ± 20.73 ab

29.9 ± 10.80 b

  1. Letters indicate statistical differences in male or female traction forces between test substrates according to Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA on ranks, Tukey-test, p < 0.05, males: H 2,13 = 6.7, p = 0.034; females: H 2,13 = 7.3, p = 0.025; *, no attachment
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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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