Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle

• Main Author: Gorb, Stanislav. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Animal physiology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Biochemistry, general.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Evolutionary Biology.
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In 1974 when I published my book, Biological Mechanism of Attachment, not many pages were required to report on the attachment devices of insect cuticles. As in most fields of research, our knowledge on this specific subject has simply exploded. Dr. Stanislav N. Gorb now describes the present day le...

Table of Contents:

• Friction and adhesion: fundamentals
• Insect cuticle: structure and properties of the material
• Cuticular protuberances of insects
• Principles of cuticular attachment in Arthropoda
• Frictional systems
• Dragonfly and damselfly head-arresting system
• Intersegmental frictional devices
• Wing-locking devices
• Attachment pads
• Secretions in frictional systems
• Protuberances and their fields
• Sensory equipment
• The evolution of frictional systems
• Ecological implications
• NatureỚ"s design as a basis for biomimetics.