(Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

Pyotr N Petrov1, Natalia I Reshetnikova1, Sergey E Farisenkov1

  • 1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

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概括

羽翼甲虫 (Ptiliidae) 呈现出明显的翅膀折叠模式,其中Nossidiinae保留了祖先的不对称折叠,而Ptiliinae演变为更简单的对称折叠. 这些折叠机制有助于保护翅膀,并可能启发仿生机器人.

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