Tympanal hearing in tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae, Ormiini): The comparative morphology of an innovation

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 435-448

  Robert, D ^a,b   Edgecomb, R S ^a   Read, M P ^a   Hoy, R R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organ; Hearing organ; Ormia spp. (Insecta); Parasitoid; Sensory evolution; Sexual dimorphism; Tachinid fly; Tympanal membranes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FLY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EAR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MYIOPHARUS DORYPHORAE; ORMIA; ORTHOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0029886876     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050604     Document Type: Article

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