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FLIGHT ORIENTATION IN A COREID SQUASH BUG (HETEROPTERA)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. K. Govind  and
A. J. Burton
C. K. Govind
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
A. J. Burton
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Abstract

Flight orientation about the yaw axis (induced by rotation of a striped bowl) in the squash bug, Anoplecnimes curvipes (Heteroptera), is brought about by differential changes in wing-stroke amplitudes and wing-stroke planes of the two sides. The metathoracic leg of the inner side in a turn is displaced in the transverse plane while the contra-lateral leg remains in the normal flight posture. The probable mode of control of the two wing parameters effecting yaw is discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 8 , August 1970 , pp. 1002 - 1007
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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