Neuroanatomical and electrophysiological studies of identified contact chemoreceptors on the ventral ovipositor valve of 3rd instar larvae of lubber grasshoppers (Taeniopoda eques)

Zoology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-73

  Tousson, Ehab ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chemical stimulation; Contact chemoreceptors; Grasshopper larvae; Ovipositor valves; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

ROMALEA MICROPTERA; ROMALEIDAE; TAENIOPODA EQUES;

EID: 15944427568     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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