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Jumping without slipping: leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) possess special tarsal structures for jumping from smooth surfaces
Many hemipteran bugs can jump explosively from plant substrates, which can be very smooth. We therefore analysed the jumping performance of froghoppers (Philaenus spumarius, Aphrophoridae) and leafhoppers (Aphrodes bicinctus/makarovi, Cicadellidae) taking off from smooth (glass) and rough (sandpaper...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454290/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468924 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0022 |