Ambulatory & Cursorial legs modification of Insects by M.Salman

Pictures and examples of Insects having ambulatory & cursorial leg modifications.

Department of Entomology BZ. University Multan

1. Modification of Insect legs Muhammad Salman [email protected] Department of Entomology BZ. University Multan

2. Modification of Insect legs Ambulatory or Walking Legs Cursorial or Running Legs

3. Ambulatory or walking leg Ambulatory  legs are used for walking. Femur and tibia are long. Legs are well developed similar in form.

4. Ambulatory or walking leg

5. Ak Grasshopper Pro- Leg of Ak - Grasshopper

6. Ak Grasshopper Pro-Leg of Ak Grasshpper

7. Green Grasshopper Pro Leg

8. Green Grasshopper Pro Leg

9. Cockroach Fore Leg Meso Leg

10. Cockroach Pro Leg Meso Leg

11. Boxelder bug Pro Leg & Meso Leg

12. Red Cotton Bug Pro Leg & Meso Leg

13. Red Cotton Bug Pro Leg Meso Leg

14. House Fly Pro Leg & Meso Leg

15. Alder Leaf Beetle Pro Leg

16. Bug First Two pairs of Legs

17. Stink bug with brown and white mask

18. Stink bug with Leathery Mask First Two Pairs

19. Tarnished Plant Bug Pro & Meso Leg

20. Cursorial or running leg Cursorial legs are used for running. Femur is not swollen.  Long, thin leg segments.

21. Cursorial or running leg

22. American Cockroach Meta Leg

23. Meta Leg of Cockroach

24. Brown Banded Cockroach Meta Leg

25. Oriental Cockroach Meta Leg

26. Ant All legs of Ant

27. Bronze Tiger Beetle Last Two Pairs of legs

28. Ground Beetle Meso & Meta Leg

29. Starred ground beetle  Meso & Meta Leg

30. Meta Leg Meso Leg

31. Common Black Ground Beetle Meso & Meta Leg

32. Beetle

33. Silverfish Meta Leg

34. References Erin Hodgson, It's a bug's life, http://iowabuglife.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html, 2013 David Larson, True Bugs , http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~larsonmorgan/True%20Bugs/true%20bugs.html, 2013 Pavel Krasensky , Tarnished plant Bug, http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/tarnished-plant-bug-photo-6735.html, 2013 Tony DiTerlizzi , Bug Guide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/9537/bgimage, 2013 Jiri Bohdal , Housefly, http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/house-fly-photo-14134.html, 2013

35. References Anonymous, Brown banded cockroach, http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/brown-banded-cockroach/, 2013 Morgan Hatcher and Erin Weir, http://cornellcollege.edu/biology/insects2003/erinmorgan/o.htm, 2013 Armin, Periplaneta americana , http://www.amphioxus.org/content/periplaneta-americana?size=_original, 2013 Steve Spitzer, Bronze tiger beetle, http://www.flickr.com/photos/happy_peasant/2654190562/in/photostream/, 2013

36. References Malcom Storey, Common Black Ground Beetle, http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_black_ground_beetle.htm, 2013 Jon Lieff , Ants, Individual and Colony, http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/ants-individual-and-colony-superorganism-leadership-and-fire-ants, 2013 Jeffrey Hahn, Silverfish and firebrats in homes, http://www1.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/silverfish-and-firebrats/, 2013