Regulation of swimming in the Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae) pupa: Kinematics and locomotory trajectories

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2521-2529

  Brackenbury, John ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body rotation; Click mechanism; Culex pipiens; Escape trajectory; Kinematics; Swimming; Visual feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ESCAPE REACTION; LOCOMOTION; PUPA; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033198841     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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