Sexual dimorphism in the attachment ability of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to rough substrates

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 765-776

  Voigt, D ^a   Schuppert, J M ^a   Dattinger, S ^a   Gorb, S N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesive setae; Attachment; Biomechanics; Copulation; Friction; Insect plant interactions; Leaf beetles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; COPULATION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRICTION; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EXTREMITIES; FRICTION; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA;

EID: 44449161815     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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