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On the antenna of adult male Periplaneta americana, three size ranges of classical sensilla basiconica were found. Based on SEM, a sensillum of the s. trichodeum shape was revealed, but our TEM efforts indicate that this sensillum has the thin-wall, porous ultrastructure of a sensillum basiconicum. Sensilla basiconica contain flask-shaped cuticular pores. All viewed pores join four or five tubules. The pore tubules clearly contact plasma membranes of dendritic branches. Two sizes of grooved pegs were observed. The terminal segment of the antenna contains a variety of other “receptors”.
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This research was supported by the Director of the Research Division, C.A.L.S., University of Wisconsin; in part by research grant No. GB-41868 from the U.S. National Science Foundation and by funds from Acme Chemical Company.
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Norris, D.M., Chu, Hm. Morphology and ultrastructure of the antenna of male Periplaneta americana as related to chemoreception. Cell Tissue Res. 150, 1–9 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220376
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