Mathematical Model and microCT-Based Kinematic Analysis of the Rostrum Mouthparts in Cyrtotrachelus buqueti Guer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Li, LH; Guo, C; Xu, S; Guo, HF; Yu, P; Liu, L; Tian, J

Guo, C (corresponding author), Nanjing Univ Aeronaut & Astronaut, Coll Mech & Elect Engn, Inst Bioinspired Struct & Surface Engn, Nanjing 210016, Peoples R China.

MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, 2021; 27 (4): 860

Abstract

To uncover the chewing mechanism of Cyrtotrachelus buqueti Guer, a mathematical model was created and a kinematic analysis of its rostrum mouthparts w......

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