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- who: Hanns Hagen Goetzke et al. from the University of the Sunshine Coast, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge , EJ, UK have published the Article: Jumping without slipping: leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) possess special tarsal structures for jumping from smooth surfaces, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 15/07/2022
SUMMARY
In contrast to insects with very long hind legs that power their jumps mainly by direct muscle action (e_g bush crickets, ), jumping Auchenorrhyncha have shorter hind legs and employ catapult mechanisms to propel themselves off the ground. A comparison of the shear forces . . .
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