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A sensillum in a narrow pit with a broad cuticular collar, located in a sensillum field on the 12th segment of the antennae of Carausius morosus, was investigated electrophysiologically. After marking, it was also examined with the transmission and the scanning electron microscopes. The number of sensory cells within the sensillum varies between three and four. One cell, present in half of the sensilla studied, exhibits a simple cilium of the 9×2+0 type as outer dendritic segment. The outer segment of a second unit is noteworthy in that it divides near its ciliary base into two branches. These flatten to form lamellae, then fold and wrap around each other. The remaining two sensory cells bear unbranched or bifurcate outer segments which contain densely packed microtubules. Only these outer segments extend into the cuticular peg; the others end beneath its base. The cuticular peg is devoid of pore systems. Electrophysiological recording yielded evidence that a cold, a dry and a moist air receptor are present. The fourth unit did not respond clearly to stimulation.
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Altner, H., Tichy, H. & Altner, I. Lamellated outer dendritic segments of a sensory cell within a poreless thermo- and hygroreceptive sensillum of the insect Carausius morosus . Cell Tissue Res. 191, 287–304 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222425
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