| scale effects on the attachment pads and friction forces in syrphid flies (diptera, syrphidae). | to test the role of constructional and dimensional factors in the generation of friction force by systems of setose attachment pads, six species of syrphid fly (platycheirus angustatus, sphaerophoria scripta, episyrphus balteatus, eristalis tenax, myathropa florea and volucella pellucens) were studied using light and scanning electron microscopy. flies were selected according to their various body mass and attachment pad dimensions. such variables as pad area, setal density, the area of a single ... | 2001 | 11273804 |