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Systematic Entomology, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 672-684, July 2021., 2021 A new, morphologically unique lacewing larva from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Kachin state) is described and rendered using X‐ray phase‐contrast microtomography. The phylogenetic analysis integrating morphological and genomic data from extant and extinct taxa recovers this larva near antlions, corroborating the Cretaceous as an evolutionary ...
Davide Badano +11 more
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Spray aiming in the bombardier beetle: Photographic evidence [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999 Bombardier beetles, when physically assaulted, eject a hot quinonoid spray from the tip of the abdomen. Photographic evidence is presented demonstrating that the African bombardier beetle,Stenaptinus insignis, can aim its spray in virtually any direction. It can target its individual legs, and even the individual segments of its legs.
T, Eisner, D J, Aneshansley
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, 2006 Scent Whisper is a jewellery set integrated with wireless sensor networks that offer social and therapeutic value in a desirable context. The jewellery incorporates sensors and microfluidics to initiate fragrance delivery, depending on the sensor ...
Jenkins, Gareth +2 more
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Mechanistic origins of bombardier beetle (Brachinini) explosion-induced defensive spray pulsation [PDF]
, 2014 Bombardier beetles (Brachinini) use a rapid series of discrete explosions inside their pygidial gland reaction chambers to produce a hot, pulsed, quinone-based defensive spray.
Arndt, Eric Michael +3 more
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A biomimetic study of the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle [PDF]
International Journal of Design & Nature, 2007 A biomimetic study of the bombardier beetle’s explosive discharge apparatus was undertaken using numerical (CFD) modelling, first, of the beetle’s combustion chamber, and then of a scaled-up combustion chamber with a view to its application to devices such as gas turbine relighters.
N. Beheshti, A.C. McIntosh
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Ground Beetles of Islands in the Western Basin of Lake Erie and the Adjacent Mainland (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Including Cicindelini) [PDF]
, 2017 We report 241 species representing 63 genera of ground beetles from the islands of the western basin of Lake Erie and selected mainland sites from a 1991-93 survey, plus specimens examined in public and private collections, and previously published ...
Horn, D. J, Purrington, F F, Will, K. W
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A novel spray system inspired by the bombardier beetle [PDF]
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2008 In this paper we describe an experimental rig which has been built as a result of inspiration from the bombardier beetle. This beetle is such that it has the capacity to fire a spray of hot water, steam and noxious chemicals from a nozzle at the rear end of its abdomen in any direction it wishes (even over its head). An example of controlled combustion
N. Beheshti, A. C. McIntosh
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An Annotated Checklist of Wisconsin Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) [PDF]
, 2018 A survey of Carabidae in the state of Wisconsin, U.S.A. yielded 87 species new to the state and incorporated 34 species previously reported from the state but that were not included in an earlier catalogue, bringing the total number of species to 489 in ...
Messer, Peter W
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Advances in modelling of biomimetic fluid flow at different scales [PDF]
, 2011 The biomimetic flow at different scales has been discussed at length. The need of looking into the biological surfaces and morphologies and both geometrical and physical similarities to imitate the technological products and processes has been emphasized.
Sujoy Saha, Gian Celata
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Occurrence of electronically excited products during the defensive reaction of bombardier beetles
Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics, 1986 K. Peschke, K. Schmit, K. Zinner
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