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1 September 2009 Ultrastructure of Antennal Sensilla of Female Ceratosolen Solmsi Marchali (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Agaoninae)
Zongbo Li, Pei Yang, Yanqiong Peng, Darong Yang
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Abstract

Fig-pollinating wasps are phytophagous wasps that mainly use olfaction to locate their fig (Ficus L., Moraceae) hosts. To provide a morphological framework for studying agaonid olfaction, we examined the antennal sensilla of female Ceratosolen solmsi marchali Mayr by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. We identified and characterized (ultrastructure, distribution, abundance, and position) 13 types of sensilla: multiporous placoid sensilla (types 1 and 2), basiconic sensilla (types 1 and 2), basiconic capitate peg sensilla, sensilla chaetica (types 1–3), sensilla trichodea, sensilla coeloconica (types 1–3), and one specialized sensillum regarded as a sensillum obscurum. We suggest that five types are chemoreceptors because they are porous and innervated by multiple sensory neurons. Sensilla coeloconica type 1 may also function as chemoreceptors, based on external morphology. Other sensilla may be involved in mechanoreception, thermo- and (or) hygro-reception, or pressure detection. We discuss our results in relation to the lifestyle of C. solmsi marchali.

© 2009 Entomological Society of Canada
Zongbo Li, Pei Yang, Yanqiong Peng, and Darong Yang "Ultrastructure of Antennal Sensilla of Female Ceratosolen Solmsi Marchali (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Agaoninae)," The Canadian Entomologist 141(5), 463-477, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.4039/n09-011
Received: 19 November 2008; Accepted: 1 July 2009; Published: 1 September 2009
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