Ultrastructure of the thoracic dorso-medial field (TDM) in the elytra-to-body arresting mechanism in tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-113

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Inst F Spezielle Zool E   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; ZOPHOBAS RUGIPES;

EID: 0032933581     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199905)240:2<101::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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