Frictional surfaces of the elytra-to-body arresting mechanism in tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae): Design of co-opted fields of microtrichia and cuticle ultrastructure

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-225

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment devices; Coleoptera; Cuticle; Friction systems; Functional morphology; Insecta; Microtrichia; SEM; TEM; Tenebrionidae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CUTICLE; EPIDERMIS; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; FRICTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SENSE ORGAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032124454     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(98)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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