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The Humidity Reactions of Melanoplus bivittatus (Say) (Orthoptera, Acrididae): Antennal Sensilla and Hygro-reception1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. Wm. Riegert
P. Wm. Riegert
Affiliation:
Entomology Section, Canada Department of Agriculture Research Station Saskatoon, Sask.
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Hygro-receptive sensilla have been found on the antennae of fruit flies (1), spider beetles (2), cockroaches (3), wireworms (5), ticks (6), mealworm beetles (8), flour beetles (11), and body lice (16). Two types of antennal sensilla, the basiconic and the coeloconic, have been identified as hygro-receptors of the grasshoppers, Melanoplus differentialis (Thos.) and M. mexicanus mexicanus (Sauss.) (12, 13). This paper describes the antennal sensilla of Melanoplus bivittatus (Say) and discusses their function.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 8 , August 1960 , pp. 561 - 570
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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