Movements of the thorax and potential changes in the thoracic muscles of insects during flight.
Movements of the thorax and potential changes in the thoracic muscles of insects during flight.
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昆虫在飞行过程中胸部的运动和胸肌的潜在变化。
DOI:
10.2307/1538681
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发表时间:
1951
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通讯作者:
K. D. Roeder
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作者:
K. D. Roeder
1. Simultaneous records were made of thoracic movements and potential changes within the thorax of a number of insects during stationary flight.2. The American roach and a moth with a wingbeat frequency in the range 20-40 per second showed complete synchrony between spikes and movements, and little change or a decrease in the frequency of both phenomena when the wings were amputated.3. Several flies and a wasp with a wingbeat frequency above 100 per second showed no synchrony between spikes and movements, the former appearing once in every 5-20 wingbeats. Amputation caused either little change or a decrease in spike frequency, while the wingbeat frequency increased by nearly 100 per cent.4. While the muscles of the former group retain their excitability to indirect electrical stimulation after dissection, the flight muscles of the latter are inexcitable following hemisection of the thorax. However, if the thorax is intact the indirect flight muscles of flies can be driven at the natural flight frequency b...