Insect Gears

Authors

  • G. Sai Karthik
  • Vinod S. Kukanur

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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Author Biographies

G. Sai Karthik

Dept of Entomology, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Telangana (500 030), India

Vinod S. Kukanur

International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, Telangana (502 324), India

Biotica Research Today Volume 2 Issue 5 Special Cover Page

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Published

2020-05-24

How to Cite

[1]
Karthik, G.S. and Kukanur, V.S. 2020. Insect Gears. Biotica Research Today. 2, 5 Spl. (May 2020), 316–317.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 5 Spl. (2020): May (Special), 2020

Section

General Article

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