Sensing the world without antennae and eyes: external structure and distribution of sensilla in Eosentomon pinetorum Szeptycki, 1984 and on the protarsus of Acerentomon franzi Nosek, 1965 (Hexapoda: Protura)

Sensing the world without antennae and eyes: external structure and distribution of sensilla in Eosentomon pinetorum Szeptycki, 1984 and on the protarsus of Acerentomon franzi Nosek, 1965 (Hexapoda: Protura)

Protura are miniaturized soil arthropods with an enigmatic biology. Among mandibulate arthropods, Protura are outstanding due to the absence of antennae. This study provides the first detailed investigation on external cuticular sensilla in two proturan species using scanning electron microscopy. T...

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Main Authors: Christian W. Hädicke, Stephan M. Blank, Hans Pohl, Carsten H. G. Müller, Andy Sombke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2015-04-01
Series:Soil Organisms
Subjects:
Protura
sensilla
SEM
Online Access:https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/406

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