The elytra-to-body binding mechanism of the flightless rainforest species Tabarus montanus Kaszab (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidea)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-331

  Bouchard, Patrice ^a,c   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beetle; Flightlessness; Morphology; Tenebrioninae; Toxicini

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COLEOPTERA; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; NONHUMAN; SENSE ORGAN;

EID: 0034437594     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(01)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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