2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-80325-1
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Polarization and reflectance are linked to climate, size and mechanistic constraints in a group of scarab beetles

Laura Ospina-Rozo,
Iliana Medina,
Andrew Hugall
et al.

Abstract: Beetles exhibit an extraordinary diversity of brilliant and colourful appearances and optical effects invisible to humans. Their underlying mechanisms have received some attention, but we know little about the ecological variables driving their evolution. Here we investigated environmental correlates of reflectivity and circular polarization in a group of optically diverse beetles (Scarabaeidae–Rutelinae). We quantified the optical properties of 261 specimens representing 46 species using spectrophotometry and… Show more

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