Literature DB >> 17772446

Wax Secretion and Color Phases of the Desert Tenebrionid Beetle Cryptoglossa verrucosa (LeConte).

N F Hadley.   

Abstract

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 "wax filaments" that spread from 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.

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Year:  1979        PMID： 17772446     DOI： 10.1126/science.203.4378.367

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN： 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


  9 in total

Review 1.  Gold bugs and beyond: a review of iridescence and structural colour mechanisms in beetles (Coleoptera).

Authors:  Ainsley E Seago; Parrish Brady; Jean-Pol Vigneron; Tom D Schultz
Journal:  J R Soc Interface       Date:  2008-10-28       Impact factor: 4.118

2.  Dynamics of the wax bloom of a seasonal Namib Desert tenebrionid, Cauricara phalangium (Coleoptera: Adesmiini).

Authors:  E McClain; R L Praetorius; S A Hanrahan; M K Seely
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1984-08       Impact factor: 3.225

3.  Glandular epithelium as a possible source of a fertility signal in Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queens.

Authors:  Riviane Rodigues da Hora; Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie; Carolina Gonçalves dos Santos; José Eduardo Serrão
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2010-04-19       Impact factor: 3.240

4.  Postmating changes in cuticular chemistry and visual appearance in Ectatomma tuberculatum queens (Formicidae: Ectatomminae).

Authors:  Riviane R Hora; Armin Ionescu-Hirsh; Tovit Simon; Jacques Delabie; Jacques Robert; Dominique Fresneau; Abraham Hefetz
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  2007-08-28

5.  Transcriptional regulation of metabolism associated with the increased desiccation resistance of the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis.

Authors:  Luciano M Matzkin; Therese A Markow
Journal:  Genetics       Date:  2009-06-01       Impact factor: 4.562

6.  Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of genes associated with acute desiccation stress in Anopheles gambiae.

Authors:  Mei-Hui Wang; Osvaldo Marinotti; Anne Vardo-Zalik; Rajni Boparai; Guiyun Yan
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2011-10-04       Impact factor: 3.240

7.  Sexing live pupae and adults of two wax blooming beetles, Colposcelis microderoides microderoides and Anatolica polita borealis.

Authors:  Yan Wang; Fuchun Zhang; Ji Ma
Journal:  J Insect Sci       Date:  2013       Impact factor: 1.857

Review 8.  Review of Plasmonic Nanocomposite Metamaterial Absorber.

Authors:  Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati; Franz Faupel; Mady Elbahri
Journal:  Materials (Basel)       Date:  2014-02-14       Impact factor: 3.623

9.  Investigation of the selective color-changing mechanism of Dynastes tityus beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).

Authors:  Jiyu Sun; Wei Wu; Limei Tian; Wei Li; Fang Zhang; Yueming Wang
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2021-01-12       Impact factor: 4.379
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