Fine structure and physiology of the infrared receptor of beetles of the genus Melanophila (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-215

  Schmitz, Helmut ^a   Bleckmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buprestid beetles; Insect cuticle; Mechanoreceptor; Pit organs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DETECTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031409568     PISSN: 00207322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7322(97)00022-6     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Altner, H. (1977) Insektensensillen: Bau- und Funktionsprinzipien. Verh. Dtsch. Zool. Ges. 70, 139-153.
2. Altner, H. and Loftus, R. (1985) Ultrastructure and function of insect thermo- and hygroreceptors. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 30, 273-295.
3. Apel, K.-H. (1988) Befallsverteilung von Melanophila acuminata DEG., Phaenops cyanea F. und Ph.formaneki JACOB (Col., Buprestidae) auf Waldbrandflächen. Beitr. Forstwirtschaft 22, 45-48.
4. Apel, K.-H. (1989) Zur Verbreitung von Melanophila acuminata DEG. (Col., Buprestidae). Entomol. Nach. Ber. 33, 278-280.
5. Barth, F. G. and Blickhan, R. (1984) Mechanoreception. In Biology of the Integument, eds J. Bereiter-Hahn, A. G. Matoltsy and K. S. Richards, pp. 554-582. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
6. Bullock, T. H. and Cowles, R. B. (1952) Physiology of an infrared receptor - the facial pit of pit vipers. Science (Wash., D.C.) 115, 541-543.
7. Bullock, T. H. and Fox, W. (1957) The anatomy of the infrared sense organ in the facial pit of pit vipers. Quart. J. Microsc. Sci. 98, 219-223.
8. Bullock, T. H. and Barrett, R. (1968) Radiant heat reception in snakes. Comm. Behav. Biol. A1, 19-29.
9. Catala, S. (1994) The cave organ of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) under scanning electron microscopy. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 89, 275-277.
10. Champion, G. C. (1909) A buprestid and other Coleoptera on pine injured by "heath fires" in N.W. Surrey. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 45, 247-250.
11. Evans, W. G. (1962) Notes on the biology and dispersal of Melanophila (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Pan-Pacific Entomol. 38, 59-62.
12. Evans, W. G. (1964) Infrared receptors in Melanophila acuminata De Geer. Nature (Lond.) 202, 211.
13. Evans, W. G. (1965) The orientation of Melanophila acuminata De Geer (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) to fires. Proc. 12th Int. Congr. Entomol. 1965, 286.
14. Evans, W. G. (1966a) Perception of infrared radiation from forest fires by Melanophila acuminata De Geer (Buprestidae, Coleoptera). Ecology 47, 1061-1065.
15. Evans, W. G. (1966b) Morphology of the infrared sense organ of Melanophila acuminata (Buprestidae: Coleoptera). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 59, 873-877.
16. Evans, W. G. (1975) Wax secretion in the infrared sensory pit of Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Quaest. Entomol. 11, 587-589.
17. French, A. S. (1988) Transduction mechanisms of mechanosensilla. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 33, 39-58.
18. French, A. S. (1992) Mechanotransduction. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 54, 135-152.
19. Gamow, R. I. and Harris, J. F. (1973) The infrared receptors of snakes. Sci. Amer. 223, 94-100.
20. Harris, J. F. and Gamow, R. I. (1971) Snake infrared receptors: thermal or photochemical mechanism? Science (Wash., D.C.) 172, 1252-1253.
21. Heinrich, B. (1993) The Hot-Blooded Insects. Strategies and Mechanisms of Thermoregulation. Springer, Berlin.
22. Keil, T. A. and Steinbrecht, R. A. (1984) Mechanosensitive and olfac-tory sensilla of insects. In Insect Ultrastructure, Vol. 2, eds R. C. King and H. Akai, pp. 477-516. Plenum, New York.
23. Kirschfeld, K. (1986) Activation of visual pigment: chromophore structure and function. In The Molecular Mechanisms of Photoreception, ed. H. Stieve, pp. 31-49. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
24. Kirschfeld, K. (1996) Photorezeption. In Neurowissenschaften, eds J. Dudel, R. Menzel and R. F. Schmidt, pp. 383-404. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
25. Kobayashi, S., Kishida, R., Goris, R. C., Yoshimoto, M. and Ito, H. (1992) Visual and infrared input to the same dendrite in the tectum opticum of the python Python regius: electron-microscopic evidence. Brain Res. 597, 350-352.
26. Lazzari, C. R. and Nunez, J. A. (1989) The response to radiant heat and the estimation of the temperature of distant sources in Triatoma infestans. J. Insect Physiol. 35, 525-529.
27. Linsley, E. G. (1943) Attraction of Melanophila beetles by fire and smoke. J. Econ. Entomol. 36, 341-342.
28. Loftus, R. (1978) Peripheral thermal receptors. In Sensory Ecology, ed. M. A. Ali, pp. 439-466. Plenum, New York.
29. Mclver, S. B. (1985) Mechanoreception. In Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Vol. 6, eds G. A. Kerkut and L. I. Gilbert, pp. 71-132. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
30. Neville, A. C. (1975) Biology of the Arthropod Cuticle. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
31. Nicholson, G. W. (1919) Melanophila acuminata De Geer at a fire in June. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 55, 156-157.
32. Pearson, F. G., Marchessault, R. H. and Liang, C. Y. (1960) Infrared spectra of crystalline polysaccharides. V. Chitin. J. Polym. Sci. 43, 101-116.
33. Rice, M. J. (1975) Insect mechanoreceptor mechanisms. In Sensory Physiology and Behaviour, eds R. Galun and P. Hillman, pp. 135-165. Plenum Press, New York.
34. Schmitz, H., Bleckmann, H. and Mürtz, M. (1997) Infrared detection in a beetle. Nature (Lond.) 386, 773-774.
35. Stavenga, D. G. (1995) Insect retinal pigments: spectral characteristics and physiological functions. Prog. Retinal Eye Res. 15, 231-259.
36. Steinbrecht, R. A. (1984) Chemo-, hygro-, and thermoreceptors. In Biology of the Integument, Invertebrates, Vol. 1, eds J. Bereiter-Hahn, A. G. Matoltsy and K. S. Richards, pp. 523-553. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
37. Terashima, S.-I., Goris, R. C. and Katsuki, Y. (1970) Structure of warm fibre terminals in the pit membrane of vipers. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 31, 494-506.
38. Thurm, U. (1964) Mechanoreceptors in the cuticle of the honey bee: fine structure and stimulus mechanism. Science (Wash., D.C.) 145, 1063-1065.
39. Thurm, U. (1965) An insect mechanoreceptor. Part I: Fine structure and adequate stimulus. Cold Spr. Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol. 30, 75-82.
40. Usui, K. and Kimura, K. (1993) Sequential emergence of the evenly spaced microchaetes on the notum of Drosophila. Roux's Arch. Dev. Biol. 203, 151-158.
41. Vondran, T., Apel, K.-H. and Schmitz, H. (1995) The infrared receptor of Melanophila acuminata De Geer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): ultra-structural study of a unique insect thermoreceptor and its possible descent from a hair mechanoreceptor. Tissue Cell 27, 645-658.