Olfactory receptor neurons specific to chiral sex pheromone components in male and female Anomala cuprea beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-359

  Larsson, M C ^a,b   Leal, W S ^b   Hansson, B S ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory receptor neuron; Scarab beetle; Sex pheromone; Single sensillum

Indexed keywords

ANOMALA CUPREA; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0000431321     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050334     Document Type: Article

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