Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Journal of Insect Physiology

Publication Date

1-1-1984

Abstract

On the basis of behavioural tests and light microscopy, a pair of dome shaped sensilla occuring on the outer and inner surfaces of Glossina morsitans morsitans tibiae were considered to be sex pheromone receptors. Recent observations using electrophysiological tests and ultrastructural methods have revealed that those receptors have no olfactory function; they are ampaniform sensilla sensitive to mechanical stimulation. © 1984.

Keywords

campaniform sensilla, Glossina morsitans, mechanoreceptor, Tsetsefly

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