What makesBlepharida jump? A structural
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Furth, David G. ;Traub, Wolfie ;Harpaz, Isaac
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Article
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1983
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Blepharida sacra (Weise) is one of many species of flea beetles that have remarkable jumping abilities. The energy for its prodigious leaps is evidently stored in a central scroll-shaped organ inside the hind femur of this insect-the metafemoral spring. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscop