Insects: Functional Morphology, Biomechanics and Biomimetics

Affiliations

¹ Division of Mechanical Engineering and Design, School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK.
² School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
³ Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, D-24118 Kiel, Germany.

Editorial

Hamed Rajabi et al. Insects. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 12;12(12):1108.

doi: 10.3390/insects12121108.

¹ Division of Mechanical Engineering and Design, School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK.
² School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
³ Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, D-24118 Kiel, Germany.

Abstract

Insects are the most diverse animal taxon, both in terms of the number of species and the number of individuals [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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