The subgenual organ complex in the cave cricket Troglophilus neglectus (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae): Comparative innervation and sensory evolution

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Strauß, Johannes ^a   Stritih, Nataša ^b   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organ; Mechanoreceptor; Neural phylogeny; Neuroanatomy; Sensory innervation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920461765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140240     Document Type: Article

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