Indirect closing of the elytra in a cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1459-1467

  Frantsevich, Leonid ^a  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Elytra; Flight biomechanics; Insect flight; Insect muscles; Melolontha

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELOLONTHA; MELOLONTHA HIPPOCASTANI; MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA; SCARABAEIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 77952694825     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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