Skip to main content

The Chemoreceptive Organs: Structural Aspects

  • Chapter

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Adam, G. and Delbruck, M. (1968) Reduction of dimensionality in biological diffusion processes. In Rich, A. and Davidson, N. (eds.) Structural Chemistry and Molecular Biology. Freeman, San Francisco, pp. 198–215.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Altner, H. (1977) Insect sensillum specificity and structure: an approach to a new typology. In Le Magnen, J. and MacLeod, P. (eds.) Olfaction and Taste VI. IRL, London, pp. 295–303.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Altner, H. and Thies, G. (1976) The postantennal organ: a specialized unicellular sensory input to the protocerebrum in apterygotan insects (Collembola) Cell Tissue Res. 167, 97–110.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ameismeier, F. (1985) Embryonic development and molting of the antennal coeloconic no pore-and double-walled wall pore sensilla in Locusta migratoria (Insecta, Orthopteroidea). Zoomorph. 105, 356–366.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Bassemir, U. and Hansen, K. (1980) Single-pore sensilla of damselfly-larvae: representatives of phylogenetically old contact chemoreceptors? Cell Tissue Res. 207, 307–320.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Behan, M. and Ryan, M. F. (1978) Ultrastructure of antennal sensory receptors of Tribolium larvae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 7, 221–236.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Corbière-Tichane, G. (1971) Fine structure of an antennal sensory organ (“vesicule olfactive”) of Speophyes lucidulus Delar. (cave Coleoptera of the Bathysciinae subfamily). Tissue Cell 6, 535–550.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Crouau, Y. and Crouau-Roy, B. (1991) Antennal sensory organs of a troglobitic Coleoptera, Speonomus hydrophilus Jeannel (Catopidae): An ultrastructural study by chemical fixation and cryofixation. Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 20, 169–184.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Daly, P. J. and Ryan, M. F. (1981) Ultrastructural relationships of the lamellar or onion body in an insect sensillum. Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 10, 83–87.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Ernst, K-D. (1969) Die feinstruktur von Riechsensillen auf der Antenne des Aaskäfers Necrophorus (Coleoptera). Z. Zellforsch Mik. Anat. 94, 72–102.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Gnatzy, W., Mohren, W. and Steinbrecht, R. A. (1984) Pheromone receptors in Bombyx mori and Antheraea pernyi. Cell Tissue Res. 235, 35–42.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Karuhize, G. R. (1971) The structure of the postantennal organ in Onychiuris sp. (Insecta: Collembola) and its connection to the central nervous system. Z. Zellforsch. 118, 263–282.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Keil, T. A. (1984) Very tight contact of tormogen cell membrane and sensillum cuticle: ultrastructural bases for high electrical resistance between receptor-lymph and subcuticular spaces in silkmoth olfactory hairs. Cell Tissue Res. 16, 131–135.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Keil, T.A. (1999) Morphology and development of the peripheral olfactory organs. In Hansson, B.S. (ed.) Insect Olfaction. Springer, Berlin, pp. 5–47.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Lewis, C.T. (1954) Contact chemoreceptors of the blowfly tarsi. Nature 173, 130–131.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Mayer, M.S. and Mankin, R.W. (1985) Neurobiology of pheromone perception In Kerkut, G.A. and Gilbert, L.I. (eds.) Comprehensive Insect Physiology. Biochemistry, and Pharmacology, vol 9. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 95–144.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Mayer, M. S., Mankin, R. W. and Carlysle, T. C. (1981) External antennal morphometry of Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 10, 185–201.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Mayer, M.S., Mankin, R.W. and Lemire, G.F. (1984) Quantitation of the insect electroantennogram: measurement of sensillar contributions, elimination of background potentials, and relationship to olfactory sensation. J. Insect Physiol. 30, 757–763.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Menco, B. Ph. M. and Wolk, F. van der (1982) Freeze-fracture characteristics of insect gustatory and olfactory sensilla. Cell Tissue Res. 223, 1–27.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Newman, S. M., McDonald, I. C. and Triebold, B. (1993) Antennal sexual dimorphism in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Le Conte) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): male specific structures, ultrastructure of a unique sensillum, and sites of esterase activity. Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 22, 535–547.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Schneider, D. (1964) Insect antennae. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 9, 103–122.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Seidl, S. (1992) Structure and function of the thecogen cell in contact chemosensitive sensilla of Periplaneta americana L. (Blattodea: Blattidae). Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 21, 235–250.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Slifer, E. H. (1962) The fine structure of insect sense organs. Int. Rev. Cytol. 11, 125–159.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Slifer, E. H. (1970) The structure of arthropod chemoreceptors. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 15, 121–142.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Van Nieukerken, E. J. and Dop, H. (1987) Antennal sensory structures in Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications. Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch. 25, 104–126.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Zacharuk, R. Y. (1980) Ultrastructure and function of insect chemosensilla. Ann. Rev. Entomol 25, 27–47.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Zacharuk, R.Y. (1985) Antennae and sensilla. In Kerkut, G.A. and Gilbert, L.I. (eds.) Comprehensive Insect Physiology. Biochemistry, and Pharmacology, vol 9. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 1–69.

    Google Scholar 

  28. Zacharuk, R. Y. and Shields, V. D. (1991) Sensilla of immature insects. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 36, 331–354.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

(2002). The Chemoreceptive Organs: Structural Aspects. In: Insect Chemoreception. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47581-2_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47581-2_4

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-0270-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-0-306-47581-8

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics