Structure and mechanical strength of larval cuticle of sawflies capable of "easy bleeding" a defence strategy against predators evolved in Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Burret, Michael ^a   Boevé, Jean Luc ^b   Barker, Alison ^c   Spindler Barth, Margarethe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chitin; Cuticle strength; Hemolymph; Sawfly

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTICLE; DENSITY; HEMOLYMPH; HYMENOPTERA; INTEGUMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGLAOSTIGMA DISCOLOR; ALLANTINAE; ANIMALIA; ATHALIA ROSAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHYMATOCERA ATERRIMA; RHADINOCERAEA NODICORNIS; STRONGYLOGASTER; STRONGYLOGASTER MULTIFASCIATA; SYMPHYTA; TENTHREDINIDAE; TENTHREDININAE;

EID: 13444266561     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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