Insect Gears
G. Sai Karthik*
Department of Entomology, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad (500030), Telangana, India
Vinod S Kukanur
International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad (502324), Telangana, India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Legs, Gear, Issus, Trochanter
Abstract
Insects have developed many structural modifications to ensure their survival during the course of evolution. A recently discovered adaptation was the presence of gears in insect legs of Issus coleoptratus which they use for jumping and faster movements. In this paper, we have briefly described the modifications of hind legs in Issus and mechanism behind the working of insect gears.
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