Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Antennal sensilla of the ground beetle Bembidion properans Steph. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) |
| Authors: |
Merivee, Enno1 merivee@eau.ee, Ploomi, Angela1, Rahi, Märt2, Bresciani, José3, Ravn, Hans Peter4, Luik, Anne1, Sammelselg, Väino5 |
| Source: |
Micron. 2002, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p429. 12p. |
| Subjects: |
Ground beetles, Electron microscopy |
| Abstract: |
The arrangement of antennal sensilla was studied in female and male ground beetles Bembidion properans Steph. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) using scanning electron microscopy. The filiform antennae, 1.8–1.9 mm in length, consist of the scape, pedicel and nine flagellomeres. In both sexes, three types of sensilla chaetica, two types of sensilla trichodea, six types of sensilla basiconica, one type of sensilla coeloconica and one type of sensilla campaniformia were distinguished. The possible function of the sensilla is discussed and three types of sensilla are considered olfactory, sensilla trichodea type 2 and sensilla basiconica types 1 and 2. Olfactory sensilla form dorsal and/or ventral sensillar fields on the flagellomeres and occur sparsely or not at all outside these areas. No sexual differences in the types, number and distribution of antennal sensilla were found. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] |
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