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Coleoptera claws and trichome interlocking

The present study tests the hypothesis that the specialized claws with a basal tooth found in some coccinellid beetles represent an adaptation to interlock with flexible unbranched trichomes of different plants. We compared the attachment ability of three Coleoptera species, Chnootriba elaterii, Har...

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Autores principales: Salerno, Gianandrea, Rebora, Manuela, Piersanti, Silvana, Saitta, Valerio, Gorb, Elena, Gorb, Stanislav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10006029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35616716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01554-1