Table 1.
Summary of body size and seta information of live male diving beetles used for scaling analyses. MB, body mass; LB, body length; WB, body width; and AB, body area from top view.
| species | seta type | n | MB (g) | LB (mm) | WB (mm) | AB (mm2) | seta nos per palette |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. sticticus | circular | 2 | 0.142 ± 0.010 | 13.0 ± 1.2 | 5.4 ± 1.0 | 52 ± 16 | —a |
| H. vittatus | circular | 6 | 0.136 ± 0.014 | 12.6 ± 0.5 | 5.2 ± 0.3 | 64 ± 3 | ∼20 |
| H. pacificus | circular | 8 | 0.252 ± 0.015 | 15.8 ± 0.3 | 7.0 ± 0.2 | 101 ± 6 | 22 |
| C. rugosus | spatula | 12 | 2.044 ± 0.377 | 31.3 ± 0.8 | 12.6 ± 0.8 | 411 ± 49 | 85 |
aThe palette of E. sticticus has one big sucker at its proximal end and many small suckers that were too small to count in the images.