A cockroach that jumps

We report on a newly discovered cockroach (Saltoblattella montistabularis) from South Africa, which jumps and therefore differs from all other extant cockroaches that have a scuttling locomotion. In its natural shrubland habitat, jumping and hopping accounted for 71 per cent of locomotory activity....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biology letters (2005) 2012-06, Vol.8 (3), p.390-392
Hauptverfasser:	Picker, Mike, Colville, Jonathan F., Burrows, Malcolm
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biomechanical Phenomena Biomechanics Blattellidae - anatomy & histology Blattellidae - physiology Cockroach Extremities - physiology Female Jumping Kinematics Locomotion Male Motor Activity Saltoblattella South Africa
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