...@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 Sequential images of jumps were...

..., Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) . J. Exp. Biol.   210 , 3579 - 3589 . Burrows   M. ( 2007c ). Neural control and coordination of jumping in froghopper insects . J. Neurophysiol.   97 , 320 - 330 . Burrows   M. ( 2009 ). Jumping performance of planthoppers (Hemiptera, Issidae) . J. Exp...

.... trajectory control biomechanics Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Jumping is a ubiquitous behaviour used by many animals for escape, predation, rapid locomotion and, in insects, take-off into flight. Some jumps may simply be the fastest way to escape from hostile surroundings when the overriding demand...

... 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...

... (Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae):skeleton-muscle organisation, frictional surfaces, and inverse-kinematic model of leg movements. Arthropod Struct. Dev. 33 , 210 -220. Hedwig, B. ( 2000 ). A highly sensitive opto-electronic system for the measurement of movements. J. Neurosci. Methods 100 , 165 -171...