Responses of the infrared sensilla of Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to monochromatic infrared stimulation

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

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 543-549

  Schmitz, H ^a   Murtz M ^a,b   Bleckmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared receptor; Insect cuticle; Mechanoreceptor; Melanophila; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MELANOPHILA; MELANOPHILA ACUMINATA;

EID: 0343932589     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590000109     Document Type: Article

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