It's not a bug, it's a feature: functional materials in insects

TBH Schroeder, J Houghtaling, BD Wilts… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the course of their wildly successful proliferation across the earth, the insects as a
taxon have evolved enviable adaptations to their diverse habitats, which include adhesives …

Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: Neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles

J Strauß, N Stritih-Peljhan, H Nishino - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Vibration receptor organs contain mechanosensilla detecting substrate
vibrations.•Vibrations are important signals by potential mates and rivals or predator …

Communication by substrate-borne mechanical waves in insects: from basic to applied biotremology

J Strauß, N Stritih-Peljhan, R Nieri… - Advances in insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biotremology is a field of study focused on an ancient way of communication by animals
endowed with specialized organs for emission and reception of substrate-borne vibrations …

Functional morphology and evolutionary diversity of vibration receptors in insects

R Lakes-Harlan, J Strauß - Studying vibrational communication, 2014 - Springer
Vibratory signals of biotic and abiotic origin occur commonly in the environment of all living
organisms. Many species deliberately produce such signals for communication purposes …

Chordotonal organs in hemipteran insects: unique peripheral structures but conserved central organization revealed by comparative neuroanatomy

H Nishino, H Mukai, T Takanashi - Cell and tissue research, 2016 - Springer
Hemipteran insects use sophisticated vibrational communications by striking body
appendages on the substrate or by oscillating the abdominal tymbal. There has been …

Vibration detection in arthropods: Signal transfer, biomechanics and sensory adaptations

J Strauß, N Stritih-Peljhan - Arthropod Structure & Development, 2022 - Elsevier
In arthropods, the detection of vibrational signals and stimuli is essential in several
behaviours, including mate recognition and pair formation, prey detection, and predator …

Dual, multilayered somatosensory maps formed by antennal tactile and contact chemosensory afferents in an insect brain

H Nishino, M Nishikawa, F Yokohari… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The antennae of most insects move actively and detect the physical and chemical
composition of objects encountered by using their associated tactile sensors. Positional …

The subgenual organ complex in stick insects: Functional morphology and mechanical coupling of a complex mechanosensory organ

J Strauß, L Moritz, PT Rühr - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Leg chordotonal organs in insects show different adaptations to detect body movements,
substrate vibrations, or airborne sound. In the proximal tibia of stick insects occur two …

The complex tibial organ of the New Zealand ground weta: sensory adaptations for vibrational signal detection

J Strauß, K Lomas, LH Field - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
In orthopteran insects, a complex tibial organ has evolved to detect substrate vibrations
and/or airborne sound. Species of New Zealand weta (Anostostomatidae) with tympanal …

Sensory neuroanatomy of stick insects highlights the evolutionary diversity of the orthopteroid subgenual organ complex

J Strauß, R Lakes‐Harlan - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The subgenual organ is a scolopidial sense organ located in the tibia of many insects. In this
study the neuroanatomy of the subgenual organ complex of stick insects is clarified for two …