Fine structure and distribution of antennal sensilla of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 525-536

  Ochieng, Samuel A ^a   Hallberg, Eric ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Antennae; Chemoreceptors; Olfaction; Scanning electron microscopy; Schistocerca gregaria (Insecta); Transmission microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CILIA; DESERT CLIMATE; GRASSHOPPERS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

ACRIDIDAE; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0031905550     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051022     Document Type: Article

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