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Structure and localization of sensilla on antennae of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera)

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Structure of antenna segments and ultrastructure of antennal sensillae in representatives of 28 caddisfly families from both modern suborders were studied by electron and light microscopy methods. On Trichoptera antennae, 16 types of sensillae were found, some of them being described for the first time. Morphological peculiarities of cuticular ultrastructures on the antennal surface demonstrate essential differences in structure both at the family level and at the lower taxonomic levels. Specialized sensory fields structurally different from the remaining antennal surface were revealed on antennal flagellae in representatives of the Phryganeina suborder. A new classification of sensillae based on the structure of their cuticular section is proposed.

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Original Russian Text © S. I. Melnitsky, V. D. Ivanov, 2011, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 504–512.

To the 100th Anniversary of A.S. Danilevsky

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Melnitsky, S.I., Ivanov, V.D. Structure and localization of sensilla on antennae of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera). J Evol Biochem Phys 47, 593–602 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093011060111

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