Micromechanical properties of consecutive layers in specialized insect cuticle: The gula of Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) and the infrared sensilla of Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2576-2583

  Müller, Martin ^a   Olek, Maciej ^b   Giersig, Michael ^b   Schmitz, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articulation; Atomic force microscopy; Infrared receptor; Insect cuticle; Mechanical property; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEETLE; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTEGUMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; ELASTICITY; INFRARED RAYS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELANOPHILA; MELANOPHILA ACUMINATA; PACHNODA; PACHNODA MARGINATA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 52649170949     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020164     Document Type: Article

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