Impact of chemical manipulation of tarsal liquids on attachment in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 398-404

  Geiselhardt, Stefanie F ^a   Federle, Walter ^b   Prüm, Bettina ^a   Geiselhardt, Sven ^c   Lamm, Stefan ^a   Peschke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Force measurement; Synthetic modification; Tarsal attachment

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ALKENE; BEETLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CUTICLE; HYDROCARBON; NEUROLOGY; SURFACE TENSION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLORADO; LIPIDS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA;

EID: 77549085743     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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