Open AccessTHE ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN THE QUEENSLAND FRUIT FLY DACUS TRYONI (FROGGATT) *
Author(s) -
Armati Patricia
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02061.x
Subject(s) - dacus , anatomy , biology , nervous system , autonomic nervous system , peripheral nervous system , ganglion , central nervous system , neuroscience , endocrinology , botany , pest analysis , tephritidae , heart rate , blood pressure
The central nervous system of Dacus tryoni is highly condensed. All the cephalic ganglia are concentrated in a single mass through which the oesophagus passes, and there are separate thoracic and abdominal ganglionic masses. Peripheral nerves, which are described in detail, show considerable variability in the abdomen. The stomatogastric nervous system comprises frontal and hypocerebral ganglia connected by the recurrent nerve, which also innervates the corpus cardiacum and corpora allata. The nervi corporis cardiaci join the recurrent nerve close to the brain within the oesophageal tunnel.