Hygroreceptors in the larva of Libellula depressa (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 550-558

  Rebora, Manuela ^a   Piersanti, Silvana ^a   Almaas, Tor Jorgen ^b   Gaino, Elda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Dragonflies; Electrophysiology; Fine structure; Sensilla

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTENNA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; DRAGONFLY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIDITY; LARVA; SENSORY SYSTEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; INSECTS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; WATER;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; LADONA DEPRESSA; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 34247855983     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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