Geometry of elytra opening and closing in some beetles (Coleoptera, Polyphaga)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3145-3158

  Frantsevich, Leonid ^a,b   Dai, Zhendong ^b   Wei, Ying Wang ^b   Zhang, Yafeng ^b  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Coadapted structure; Coleoptera; Elytra; Elytral lock; Insect flight; Polyphaga

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; CETONIA AURATA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MELOLONTHA HIPPOCASTANI; POLYPHAGA (COLEOPTERA); PRIONUS;

EID: 25144503953     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01753     Document Type: Article

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