Femoral chordotonal organ in the legs of an insect, Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-162

  Lipovšek, Saška ^a   Pabst, M A ^b   Devetak, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell junctions; Chrysoperla carnea; Femoral chordotonal organ; Scolopidium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENDRITE; DESMOSOME; FEMUR; HEMIDESMOSOME; INSECT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0033133951     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0029     Document Type: Article

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