Nature, volume 602, issue 7895, pages 96-100

Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles

Farisenkov Sergey E ¹

Kolomenskiy Dmitry ^{2, 3}

Petrov Pyotr N ¹

Engels Thomas ⁴

Lapina Nadezhda A ¹

Lehmann Fritz-Olaf ⁴

Onishi Ryo ²

Liu Hao ⁵

Polilov A. A. ^{1, 6}

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Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |

Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan |

Skoltech Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia |

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Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany |

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Graduate School of EngineerinG, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan |

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Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-01-19

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7

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Abstract

Flight speed is positively correlated with body size in animals¹. However, miniature featherwing beetles can fly at speeds and accelerations of insects three times their size². Here we show that this performance results from a reduced wing mass and a previously unknown type of wing-motion cycle. Our experiment combines three-dimensional reconstructions of morphology and kinematics in one of the smallest insects, the beetle Paratuposa placentis (body length 395 μm). The flapping bristled wings follow a pronounced figure-of-eight loop that consists of subperpendicular up and down strokes followed by claps at stroke reversals above and below the body. The elytra act as inertial brakes that prevent excessive body oscillation. Computational analyses suggest functional decomposition of the wingbeat cycle into two power half strokes, which produce a large upward force, and two down-dragging recovery half strokes. In contrast to heavier membranous wings, the motion of bristled wings of the same size requires little inertial power. Muscle mechanical power requirements thus remain positive throughout the wingbeat cycle, making elastic energy storage obsolete. These adaptations help to explain how extremely small insects have preserved good aerial performance during miniaturization, one of the factors of their evolutionary success.

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Farisenkov S. E. et al. Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles // Nature. 2022. Vol. 602. No. 7895. pp. 96-100.

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Farisenkov S. E., Kolomenskiy D., Petrov P. N., Engels T., Lapina N. A., Lehmann F., Onishi R., Liu H., Polilov A. A. Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles // Nature. 2022. Vol. 602. No. 7895. pp. 96-100.

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DO - 10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7

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TI - Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles

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AU - Farisenkov, Sergey E

AU - Kolomenskiy, Dmitry

AU - Petrov, Pyotr N

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AU - Lehmann, Fritz-Olaf

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AU - Polilov, A. A.

AU - Liu, Hao

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@article{2022_Farisenkov,

author = {Sergey E Farisenkov and Dmitry Kolomenskiy and Pyotr N Petrov and Thomas Engels and Nadezhda A Lapina and Fritz-Olaf Lehmann and Ryo Onishi and A. A. Polilov and Hao Liu},

title = {Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles},

journal = {Nature},

year = {2022},

volume = {602},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {jan},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-04303-7},

number = {7895},

pages = {96--100},

doi = {10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7}

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Farisenkov, Sergey E., et al. “Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles.” Nature, vol. 602, no. 7895, Jan. 2022, pp. 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-04303-7.

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