Animal locomotion: Wing-like femoral lobes help orchid mantid nymphs glide.

Journal

Current biology : CB

ISSN: 1879-0445

Titre abrégé: Curr Biol

Pays: England

ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Feb 2024

Historique:

medline: 7 2 2024

pubmed: 7 2 2024

entrez: 6 2 2024

Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The femoral lobes of the orchid mantis give this fierce predator a flower-like appearance, but they also assist in gliding, showing that form can match function in more ways than one.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.059 PMID: 38320481

pubmed: 38320481

pii: S0960-9822(23)01759-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.059

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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

Pagination

R94-R98

Informations de copyright

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.