A comparison of tarsal morphology and traction force in the two burying beetles Nicrophorus nepalensis and Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera, Silphidae)

Liesa Schnee, Benjamin Sampalla, Josef K. Müller and Oliver Betz
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 47–61. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.5

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A comparison of tarsal morphology and traction force in the two burying beetles Nicrophorus nepalensis and Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera, Silphidae)
Liesa Schnee, Benjamin Sampalla, Josef K. Müller and Oliver Betz
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 47–61. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.5

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Schnee, L.; Sampalla, B.; Müller, J. K.; Betz, O. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 47–61. doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.5

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