| Title: | "Scanning Electron Microscopy Reveals the Antennal Micromorphology of Lamprodila (Palmar) festiva (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), an Invasive Pest of Ornamental Cupressaceae in Western Palaearctic" |
| Author(s): | Faucheux MJ; Nemeth T; Hoffmannova J; Kundrata R; |
| Address: | "Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Insectes Sociaux, Faculte des Sciences et des Techniques, 2 rue de la Houssiniere, B.P. 92208, F-44322 Nantes CEDEX 03, France. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross utca 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2079-7737 (Print) 2079-7737 (Electronic) 2079-7737 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The Cypress jewel beetle, Lamprodila (Palmar) festiva festiva (Linnaeus, 1767), is a serious invasive pest of ornamental Cupressaceae, which has recently expanded its range from the Mediterranean region northwards to central and eastern Europe, and to the Russian Black Sea coast. In this study, we conducted a scanning electron microscopy study of the micromorphology of the male and female antennae of L. festiva to examine the morphology, numbers, distribution, and possible functions of antennal sensilla. Most sensilla are located in the sensory fields within the apical depressions on antennomeres IV-XI. We identified four main types of antennal sensilla in L. festiva: sensilla chaetica (seven subtypes, of which two occur only in females), sensilla basiconica (five subtypes), multiporous grooved pegs (two subtypes), and Bohm sensilla. Females have relatively more sensilla chaetica and multiporous grooved pegs, whereas males have more sensilla basiconica. We discuss possible functions of all examined sensilla and compare them with those in other Buprestidae or other insects. Our study should serve as background information for advanced electrophysiological and behavioral experiments to better understand the functions of different sensilla and mechanisms related to semiochemically based pest control strategies" |
| Keywords: | Cypress borer antennal sensilla jewel beetle sensory complex sensory fields sexual dimorphism; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEFaucheux, Michel J Nemeth, Tamas Hoffmannova, Johana Kundrata, Robin eng AK 2019-2020/BE-T-130/Tempus Public Foundation/ AK2019-2020/AK-KI-T-27/Tempus Public Foundation/ IGA_PrF_2020_026/Palacky University/ Switzerland 2020/11/08 Biology (Basel). 2020 Nov 4; 9(11):375. doi: 10.3390/biology9110375" |
