Structure and sensory physiology of the leg scolopidial organs in Mantophasmatodea and their role in vibrational communication

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 230-241

  Eberhard, M J B ^a   Lang, D ^b   Metscher, B ^a   Pass, G ^a   Picker, M D ^c   Wolf, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; MANTOPHASMATODEA; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; VIBRATION;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; MANTOPHASMATODEA; NEMOURA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 77953477476     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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