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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/40018| Title: | Mimicry and ultrastructural analogy between the semi-aquatic grasshopper Paulinia acuminata (Orthoptera: Pauliniidae) and its foodplant, the water-fern Salvinia auriculata (Filicatae: Salviniaceae) |
| Authors: | Barthlott, Wilhelm Riede, Klaus Wolter, Martin |
| Keywords: | Paulinia Acuminata |
| Issue Date: | 1994 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Amazoniana |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 13, fascículo 1/2,1994, página 47-58 |
| Abstract: | The semi-aquatic grasshopper Paulinia acuminata is mimetically protkcted by a striking similarity to its foodplant, the floating fern Salvinia auriculara. A SEM study of the cuticula of young grasshopper nymphs and the Salvinia leaf surface reveals a similar ultrastructure of epicuticular waxes which makes both organisms extremely water repellent. |
| Appears in Collections: | Fascículo 1/2, Ano 1994 |
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