The jumping mechanism of cicada Cercopis vulnerata (Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae): Skeleton-muscle organisation, frictional surfaces, and inverse-kinematic model of leg movements

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-220

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Attachment devices; Cercopis vulnerata; Cuticle; Friction; Jump; Kinematics; Locomotion; Resilin; SEM; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CERCOPIS VULNERATA; CUTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRICTION; HINDLIMB; HIP; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORACIC CAVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CERCOPIDAE; CICADA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 3242791848     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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