Structure and electrophysiological responses of gustatory organs on the ovipositor of the parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-276

  van Lenteren, Joop C ^a   Ruschioni, Sara ^a,b,c   Romani, Roberto ^c   van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Qiu, Yu Tong ^a   Smid, Hans M ^a   Isidoro, Nunzio ^b   Bin, Ferdinando ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemosensilla; Diptera; Host discrimination; Hymenoptera; Sensory physiology

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HEMOLYMPH; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; OVIPOSITION; SENSE ORGANS;

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA;

EID: 34548405078     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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