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Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle
- S. Gorb
- Biology
- Springer Netherlands
- 2001
Foreword. Preface. 1. Friction and adhesion: fundamentals. 2. Insect cuticle: structure and properties of the material. 3. Cuticular protuberances of insets. 4. Principles of cuticular attachment in… Expand
Ultrastructural architecture and mechanical properties of attachment pads in Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae)
- S. Gorb, Y. Jiao, M. Scherge
- Materials Science, Medicine
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A
- 1 September 2000
Abstract. Natural releasable attachment systems of insect legs, where attachment-detachment performances are often very fast, seem to be optimized to get a maximum of real contact to the substratum.… Expand
Seed Dispersal by Ants in a Deciduous Forest Ecosystem
Introduction: an historical background.- 1. The myrmecochorous syndrome.- 2. Diaspore removal by ants.- 3. Factors influencing diaspore removal.- 4. Effect of the ant species complex on diaspore… Expand
Chemical composition of the attachment pad secretion of the locust Locusta migratoria.
- W. Vötsch, G. Nicholson, R. Müller, Y-D Stierhof, S. Gorb, U. Schwarz
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Insect biochemistry and molecular biology
- 1 December 2002
This study is the first attempt to characterise the chemical composition of the secretion of the smooth pads of the locust Locusta migratoria and to relate this to the composition of the cuticle… Expand
Tarsal movements in flies during leg attachment and detachment on a smooth substrate.
- Senta Niederegger, S. Gorb
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of insect physiology
- 1 June 2003
In order to understand the attachment mechanism of flies, it is important to clarify the question of how the adhesive pad (pulvillus) builds and breaks the contact with the substrate. By using normal… Expand
Material structure, stiffness, and adhesion: why attachment pads of the grasshopper (Tettigonia viridissima) adhere more strongly than those of the locust (Locusta migratoria) (Insecta: Orthoptera)
- P. Perez Goodwyn, A. Peressadko, H. Schwarz, V. Kastner, S. Gorb
- Materials Science, Medicine
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A
- 26 July 2006
The morphology, ultrastrucure, effective elastic modulus, and adhesive properties of two different smooth-type attachment pads were studied in two orthopteran species. Tettigonia viridissima… Expand
Local mechanical properties of the head articulation cuticle in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
- N. Barbakadze, S. Enders, S. Gorb, E. Arzt
- Materials Science, Medicine
- Journal of Experimental Biology
- 15 February 2006
SUMMARY Insect exoskeleton (cuticle) has a broad range of mechanical properties depending on the function of a particular structure of the skeleton. Structure and mechanical properties of the… Expand
Contact behaviour of tenent setae in attachment pads of the blowfly Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
- Senta Niederegger, S. Gorb, Y. Jiao
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A
- 2001
Abstract. To enable strong attachment forces between pad and substrata, a high proximity between contacting surfaces is required. One of the mechanisms, which can provide an intimate contact of… Expand
The function of resilin in beetle wings
- F. Haas, S. Gorb, R. Blickhan
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 22 July 2000
This account shows the distribution of elastic elements in hind wings in the scarabaeid Pachnoda marginata and coccinellid Coccinella septempunctata (both Coleoptera). Occurrence of resilin, a… Expand