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Functional characteristics of the rigid elytra in a bamboo weevil beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti

The bamboo weevil beetle, Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, has evolved a particular flight pattern. When crawling, the beetle folds the flexible hind wings and stuffs under the rigid elytra. During flight, the hind wings are deployed through a series of deployment joints that are passively driven by flapping...

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Autores principales: Li, Xin, Zheng, Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9469788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35962575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/nbt2.12095