WAX SECRETION AND COLOR PHASES OF THE DESERT TENEBRIONID BEETLE CRYPTOGLOSSA-VERRUCOSA (LECONTE)

被引：58

作者：

HADLEY, NF

机构：

[1] Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe

来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 203卷 / 4378期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.203.4378.367

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The desert beetle Cryptoglossa verrucosa(LeConte) exhibits distinct color phases that range from light blue to jet black when subjected to extremes of low and high humidity, respectively. The color phases are created by waxfilaments" that spreadfrom the tips of miniature tubercles that cover the cuticle surface. The meshwork that accumulates at low humidity reduces transcuticular water loss and may lower the rate at which body temperature rises under a radiation load by increasing reflectance."

引用

页码：367 / 369

页数：3

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[1]

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[2] CUTICULAR PERMEABILITY OF DESERT TENEBRIONID BEETLES - CORRELATIONS WITH EPICUTICULAR HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION [J].