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, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.5

• . Our results suggest that even subtle differences in the adhesion-mediating secretion in closely related species might result in qualitative performance shifts. Keywords: adhesion; friction; Insecta; locomotion; tarsus; Introduction Although mostly ground dwelling [1], burying beetles (Silphidae) of

Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

• Jan Michels,
• Esther Appel and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115

• structures connecting claws and pulvilli to the terminal tarsomere [43][50]. In the pretarsus of the drone fly (Eristalis tenax) (Insecta, Diptera, Syrphidae), for example, membranous cuticle with large proportions of resilin forms a spring-like (or joint-like) element (Figure 3A–C) that makes the pulvilli