The cave organ in Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) antennae: An olfactory receptor?

Biocell

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Catalá, Silvia ^a   Tomasi, Victor ^a   Hliba, Ernesto ^a   Rovasio, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptors; Insect antennae; Sensilla; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY CELL; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; DENDRITE; HEMIPTERA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIATOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; PANSTRONGYLUS; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0031779680     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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