Local mechanical properties of the head articulation cuticle in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 722-730

  Barbakadze, N ^a   Enders, S ^a   Gorb, S ^a   Arzt, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Gula plate; Insect cuticle; Mechanical property; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; DESICCATION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; DESICCATION; HEAD; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHNODA MARGINATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33644938852     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02065     Document Type: Article

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