Sophisticated suction organs from insects living in raging torrents: Morphology and ultrastructure of the attachment devices of net-winged midge larvae (Diptera: Blephariceridae)

Victor Kang; Richard Johnston; Thomas van de Kamp; Tomáš Faragó; Walter Federle

doi:10.1101/666537

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June 13, 2019.

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Victor Kanga,*,
Richard Johnstonb,
Thomas van de Kampc,
Tomáš Faragód and
Walter Federlea

^aDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
^bCollege of Engineering, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom
^cLaboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (LAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
^dInstitute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany