Sex-specific antennal sensory system in the ant Camponotus japonicus: Structure and distribution of sensilla on the flagellum

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-97

  Nakanishi, Aki ^a   Nishino, Hiroshi ^b   Watanabe, Hidehiro ^a   Yokohari, Fumio ^a   Nishikawa, Michiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpenter ant, Camponotus japonicus (Insecta); Chemoreceptor; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Hygro and thermoreceptor; Sensillar map; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; GENDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SENSILLA; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 70350002119     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0863-1     Document Type: Article

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