Variation in number and differentiation of the abdominal infrared receptors in the Australian 'fire-beetle' Merimna atrata (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-430

  Mainz, Tobias ^a   Schmitz, Anke ^a   Schmitz, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organ; Evolution; Insect ear; Multipolar neuron; Scolopidium; Thermoreceptor

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ABSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 5144221181     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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