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- Title
Antennal Sensilla in the Small Banana Weevil Polytus mellerborgi Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
- Authors
Jiong Yin; Yujie Wang; Fuping Lu; Jinglin Gao; Dongxiang Zhao
- Abstract
The antennal morphology and sensilla of small banana weevil, Polytus mellerborgi Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were examined. The antennae of P. mellerborgi were composed of eight antennomeres, a scape, pedicel and flagellum composed of six flagellomeres. The use of scanning electron microscopy facilitated the recognition of five different sensilla types on the antennae of P. mellerborgi, including sensilla trichodea, sensilla chaetica (with two subtypes: Sch1 and Sch2), sensilla basiconica and sensilla gemmiformia. These results provided necessary background information for our ongoing study on electrophysiology and chemical ecology of P. mellerborgi.
- Subjects
CURCULIONIDAE; BANANA root borer; BANANA diseases &; pests; SCANNING electron microscopy; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY methodology; STANDARD deviations
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2016, Vol 48, Issue 2, p527
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article