Strongest grip on the rod: tarsal morphology and attachment of Japanese pine sawyer beetles

Strongest grip on the rod: tarsal morphology and attachment of Japanese pine sawyer beetles

Abstract Background Plant-dwelling beetles overcome challenging attachment hurdles by means of ellaborated, tarsal attachment devices, which are frequently equipped with hairy adhesive pads. While the tarsal functional morphology has been intensively studied in leaf and ladybird beetles during the l...

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Main Authors: Dagmar Voigt, Takuma Takanashi, Kazuko Tsuchihara, Kenichi Yazaki, Katsushi Kuroda, Remi Tsubaki, Naoe Hosoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Zoological Letters
Subjects:
Aboreal locomotion
Adhesion
Cerambycidae
Safety factor
Tarsal setae
Traction force
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-017-0076-5

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