Author | Gorb, S.N. |
Year | 1998 |
Title | The design of the fly adhesive pad: distal tenent setae are adapted to the delivery of an adhesive secretion |
Type | Paper |
Source | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol 265: 747-752. |
Illustrations | Line drawings and half-tone electron micrographs |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | The mechanincs of the stickiness of flies’ feet, from a study of Episyrphus balteatus and Calliphora "erythrocephala". |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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Current | DIPTERA | two-winged flies | Animalia | |
Current | Episyrphus balteatus | Marmalade Hoverfly | Animalia: Diptera: Syrphidae | |
Current | Calliphora vicina | Common Bluebottle | Animalia: Diptera: Calliphoridae |
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