Thermal Melanism in Pachnoda iskuulka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Rearing and Breeding
2.2. Photography and Image Analysis
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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DF | Sum of Square | Mean Square | F Value | p Value | R2 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | 1 | 1077.04 | 1077.04 | 111.36 | 2.0 × 10−16 | 27.7% |
Temperature | 2 | 63.59 | 31.79 | 3.29 | 0.03878 | 1.6% |
Residuals | 283 | 2737.10 | 9.67 |
24 °C | 27 °C | 30 °C | |
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Black | 64.98 | 64.94 | 63.22 |
Yellow | 19 | 19.16 | 20.06 |
Red | 14.38 | 14.11 | 14.92 |
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Bogusch, P.; Petřík, O.; Hlaváček, A.; Šebesta, O.; Šípek, P. Thermal Melanism in Pachnoda iskuulka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Insects 2025, 16, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16010061
Bogusch P, Petřík O, Hlaváček A, Šebesta O, Šípek P. Thermal Melanism in Pachnoda iskuulka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Insects. 2025; 16(1):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16010061
Chicago/Turabian StyleBogusch, Petr, Oto Petřík, Antonín Hlaváček, Ondřej Šebesta, and Petr Šípek. 2025. "Thermal Melanism in Pachnoda iskuulka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)" Insects 16, no. 1: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16010061
APA StyleBogusch, P., Petřík, O., Hlaváček, A., Šebesta, O., & Šípek, P. (2025). Thermal Melanism in Pachnoda iskuulka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Insects, 16(1), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16010061