...@hermes.cam.ac.uk ) Competing interests The author declares no competing financial interests. 14 3 2014 23 4 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Biomechanics Kinematics Energy storage Resilin Auchenorrhyncha The Hemiptera contains some of fastest...

... no competing financial interests. 3 7 2013 3 10 2013 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Kinematics Biomechanics Resilin Auchenorrhyncha Many species of insects include jumping in their locomotory repertoire to enable fast movement or rapid escape from...

... froghoppers to have a simple transform between initial body position and motion trajectory, therefore potentially simplifying neural control. * Author for correspondence ( rscealai@gmail.com ) 4 1 2010 © 2010. 2010 trajectory control biomechanics Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha...

... structures stores energy and their recoil powers jumping. mb135@hermes.cam.ac.uk 28 10 2009 © 2010. 2010 Auchenorrhyncha resilin joint mechanics motor control The powerful and rapid movements of the legs that propel jumping in insects require an intricate interplay between...

...Malcolm Burrows SUMMARY The structure of the hind limbs and the kinematics of their movements that propel jumping in planthopper insects (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha,Fulgoroidea, Issidae) were analysed. The propulsion for a jump was delivered by rapid movements of the hind legs that both move...

...M. Burrows; G. P. Sutton SUMMARY To assess the effect of leg length on jumping ability in small insects, the jumping movements and performance of a sub-family of leafhopper insects(Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Ulopinae) with short hind legs were analysed and compared with other long...

... , which do not jump, lack a femoral protrusion and have no microtrichia in equivalent positions on either the coxa or femur. e-mail: mb135@hermes.cam.ac.uk 18 9 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 locomotion tendon muscle Auchenorrhyncha Froghopper...

... © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 locomotion kinematics Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Insects have evolved many different mechanisms for jumping so that they may increase the speed of their locomotion, launch themselves into flight, or escape rapidly from a potential...