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Scanning electron microscopy of the antennal sensilla in female Culicoides paraensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

1989; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 84; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02761989000400002

ISSN

1678-8060

Autores

Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer, Pierre Georges Bauer, F.C. Silva Filho,

Tópico(s)

Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Resumo

We studied by sanning electron microscopy the number, types, structure and distribution of the antennal sensilla of the medical important ceratopogonid Culicoides paraensis (Goeldi). There are about 174 sense organs on the antenmal flagellum which are classified as sensilla chaetica; sharp-tipped and blunt-tipped (type I and II) sensilla trichodea; sensilla basiconica; sensilla coeloconica; sensilla ampullacea and styloconic-type sensilla. The role of antennal sensory organs are discussed regarding the host preference of the biting midges.

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