Distribution of olfactory and some other antennal sensilla in the male click beetle Agriotes obscurus L. (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-83

  Merivee, Enno ^a   Rahi, Mart ^b   Luik, Anne ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Antennal morphology; Olfactory orientation; SEM

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; COLEOPTERA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030670139     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(97)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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