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The jumping apparatus of flea beetles (Alticinae) — The metafemoral spring

  • Furth D
Springer Netherlands, (1988), 285-297
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_17
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Abstract

Flea Beetles (Alticinae) is the largest subfamily of the Chrysomelidae with approximately 560 genera and 8000 species described. The scientific name of the type genus, Altica Fabricius 1775, is derived from the Greek ‘haltikos’ which means good at...

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Furth, D. G. (1988). The jumping apparatus of flea beetles (Alticinae) — The metafemoral spring. In Biology of Chrysomelidae (pp. 285–297). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_17

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