Head-capsule design and mandible control in beetle larvae: A three-dimensional approach

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Gorb, Stanislav ^a   Beutel, Rolf Georg ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Head; Mandibles; Skeletomuscular system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MANDIBLE; MORPHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD; LARVA; MANDIBLE; MORPHOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CYBISTER LATERALIMARGINALIS; DYTISCIDAE; HYDROPHILIDAE; HYDROPHILUS; INSECTA; LIOCOLA MARMORATA; MARMORATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0034032443     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200004)244:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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