Abstract：
:Wood boring is a feature of several insect species and is a major cause of severe and irreparable damage to trees. Adult females typically deposit their eggs on the stem surface under bark scales. The emerging hatchlings live within wood during their larval phase, avoiding possible predation, whilst continually boring and tunneling through wood until pupation. A study of wood boring by insects offers unique insights into the bioengineering principles that drive evolutionary adaptations. We show that larval mandibles of the coffee wood stem borer beetle (Xylotrechus quadripes: Cerambycidae) have a highly sharp cusp edge to initiate fractures in Arabica wood and a suitable shape to generate small wood chips that are suitable for digestion. Cuticle hardness at the tip is significantly enhanced through zinc-enrichment. A hollow architecture significantly reduces bending stresses at the mandibular base without compromising the structural integrity. Finite element model of the mandible showed highest stresses in the tip region; these decreased to significantly lower values at the start of the hollow section. A scaling model based on a fracture mechanics framework shows the importance of the mandible shape in generating optimal chip sizes. These findings contain general principles in tool design and put in focus interactions of insects and their woody hosts.
journal_name
J Mech Behav Biomed Materauthors
Kundanati L,Chahare NR,Jaddivada S,Karkisaval AG,Sridhar R,Pugno NM,Gundiah Ndoi
10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.104027subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-12-01 00:00:00pages
104027eissn
1751-6161issn
1878-0180pii
S1751-6161(20)30578-6journal_volume
112pub_type
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