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Sense organs on the antennae of two species of thrips (Thysanoptera, insecta)
Author(s) -
Slifer Eleanor H.,
Sekhon Sant S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051430407
Subject(s) - biology , chemoreceptor , thrips , pedicel , insect , dorsum , anatomy , botany , thripidae , cuticle (hair) , biochemistry , receptor
The antennae of two species of thrips, Bagnalliella yuccae (Hinds) and Frankliniella tritici (Fitch), have been examined with the light and electron microscopes. The antennal flagellum of both species is provided with tactile hairs, thick‐walled chemoreceptors and thin‐walled chemoreceptors. In addition, B. yuccae , but not F. tritici , has a single coeloconic chemoreceptor on the dorsal surface of the pedicel. Observations were made on the fluids in the lumen of the antennae of E. yuccae in the living insect. The movement of the fluids probably has an important physiological significance.