Table 1 Morphological and behavioural measurements related to silk glands and silk spinning in Embioptera*.
From: The spinning apparatus of webspinners – functional-morphology, morphometrics and spinning behaviour
Species (Body length) (mm) | Resolution | Log Volume (mm3) Tarsus | Log Length (μm) Tarsus | Log Width (μm) Tarsus | Log Ø Volume (μm3) Reservoirs | # Reservoirs | Log Volume (μm) Silk Gland | Log Area Silk Spun in 24 h (Mean) (# Replicates) | Mean Spin Step Diversity Index | Log Mean # Spin Steps in 1 h trial (# Replicates) | Log Mean Time Spent Spinning (s) | Mean % Side, Back & Overback of Total Spin Steps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haploembia tarsalis (9.5) | 0.370 μm | 1.5913 | 2.1648 | 2.1022 | 4.0748 | 144 | 7.383 | 4.4623 (2) | 3.431 | 3.0402 (3) | 1.5854 | 0.437 |
Haploembia solieri (9.5) | 0.370 μm | 1.2847 | 2.1245 | 1.9106 | 3.8502 | 174 | 7.558 | 4.2041 (1) | 4.327 | 3.7611 (6) | 3.1051 | 16.163 |
Aposthonia ceylonica (7.5) | 0.370 μm | 1.3481 | 2.1570 | 1.9374 | 4.2334 | 53 | 7.235 | 6.009 (4) | 6.552 | 3.2819 (4) | 2.7291 | 14.004 |
Oligotoma nigra (11.0) | 3.614 μm | 1.6081 | 2.1843 | 1.9140 | 4.5452 | 111 | 7.285 | 4.944 (2) | 4.350 | 3.3953 (4) | 2.8733 | 1.470 |
Aposthonia borneensis (11.5) | 0.370 μm | 1.4188 | 2.2557 | 2.00595 | 4.8167 | 83 | 7.438 | 5.0334 (4) | 5.682 | 3.3546(5) | 3.0441 | 11.812 |
Eosembia auripecta (20.0) | 3.614 μm | 1.8729 | 2.3214 | 2.0144 | 6.0169 | 91 | 7.812 | 5.7626 (1) | 3.529 | 2.7732 (4) | 2.3222 | 13.790 |
Antipaluria urichi (22.0) | 3.614 μm | 1.7837 | 2.3169 | 2.0493 | 5.9734 | 152 | 7.379 | 5.2068 (4) | 6.472 | 3.4448 (5) | 3.1411 | 20.480 |
