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Title:		Morphology and Distribution of Antennal Sensilla in Three Species of Thripidae (Thysanoptera) Infesting Alfalfa Medicago sativa
Author(s):		Liu YQ; Li J; Ban LP;
Address:		"College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China"
Journal Title:		Insects
Year:		2021
Volume:		20210118
Issue:		1
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/insects12010081
ISSN/ISBN:		2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Thrips are important pests to alfalfa Medicago sativa. Similar as many other plant-feeding insects, thrips rely on the antennae to receive chemical signals in the environment to locate their hosts. Previous studies indicated that sensilla of different shapes on the surface of insect antenna play an important role in signal recognition. However, morphological analysis of the antennal sensilla in Thysanoptera has been limited to only a few species. To expand the understanding of how antennal sensilla are related to semiochemical detection in thrips, here we compared the morphology and distribution of antennal sensilla in three thrip species, Odontothrips loti, Megalurothrips distalis, and Sericothrips kaszabi, by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The antennae of these three species are all composed of eight segments and share similar types of sensilla which distribute similarly in each segment, despite that their numbers show sexual dimorphism. Specifically, nine major types of sensilla in total were found, including three types of sensilla basiconica (SBI, SBII, and SBIII), two types of sensilla chaetica (SChI and SChII), and one type for each of sensilla coeloconica (SCo), sensilla trichodea (ST), sensilla campaniformia (SCa), and sensilla cavity (SCav). The potential functions of sensilla were discussed according to the previous research results and will lay a morphological foundation for the study of the olfactory mechanism of three species of thrips"
Keywords:		Sem antennae sensilla thrips;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINELiu, Yan-Qi Li, Jin Ban, Li-Ping eng 31971759/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ BAIC09-2020/Beijing Food Crops Innovation Consortium/ Switzerland 2021/01/23 Insects. 2021 Jan 18; 12(1):81. doi: 10.3390/insects12010081"