Chemosensory control of pollen ingestion in the hoverfly Eristalis tenax by labellar taste hairs

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-203

  Wacht, S ^a   Lunau, K ^b   Hansen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact chemoreception; Eristalis tenax; Pollen; Proline; Taste hairs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; ERISTALIS; ERISTALIS TENAX; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; INSECTA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0034069793     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050019     Document Type: Article

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