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Arthropod Struct Dev

Title:		"The antennal sensilla of the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia: a new flagellar partition based on the antennal macro-, micro- and ultrastructures"
Author(s):		Carle T; Toh Y; Yamawaki Y; Watanabe H; Yokohari F;
Address:		"Division of Biology, Department of Earth System Science, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. Electronic address: th.carle@gmail.com. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. Division of Biology, Department of Earth System Science, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan"
Journal Title:		Arthropod Struct Dev
Year:		2014
Volume:		20131112
Issue:		2
Page Number:		103 - 116
DOI:		10.1016/j.asd.2013.10.005
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-5495 (Electronic) 1467-8039 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In insects, the antenna consists of a scapus, a pedicellus, and a flagellum comprising many segments (flagellomeres). These segments possess many morphological types of sensory organs (sensilla) to process multimodal sensory information. We observed the sensilla on flagellomeres in praying mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) with both scanning and transmission electron microscopes. We classified the sensilla into six types: chaetic, campaniform, coelocapitular, basiconic, trichoid and grooved peg sensilla, and inferred their presumptive functions on the basis of their external and internal structures. In addition, based on their distribution, we newly divided the flagellum into 6 distinct parts. This new division leads to a better understanding about the sexual dimorphism and the antennal development in the mantises. The sexual difference in distribution of the grooved peg sensilla suggests that this type of sensilla may play a role in sex-pheromone detection in mantis, which is a rare case of double-walled sensilla mediating this function"
Keywords:		"Animals Arthropod Antennae/*ultrastructure Female Male Mantodea/*ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Sex Characteristics Antennae Cuticle Dimorphism Flagellomeres Mantis Neurons Olfaction Sensilla;"
Notes:		"MedlineCarle, Thomas Toh, Yoshihiro Yamawaki, Yoshifumi Watanabe, Hidehiro Yokohari, Fumio eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2013/11/16 Arthropod Struct Dev. 2014 Mar; 43(2):103-16. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Nov 12"