Microfluidic photomechanic infrared receptors in a pyrophilous flat bug

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-460

  Schmitz, Anke ^a   Gebhardt, Michael ^a   Schmitz, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aradidae; Infrared receptor; Mechanoreceptor; Pyrophilous insect; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST FIRE; INFRARED RADIATION; INSECT; MECHANORECEPTION; PHOTORECEPTION; SHELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARADUS ALBICORNIS; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; INSECT; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DETECTION; RED LIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAD; INSECTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ARADIDAE; ARADUS; BOIDAE; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELANOPHILA; SERPENTES;

EID: 42449144240     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0344-5     Document Type: Article

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