Ultrastructure of Antennal Sensory Organs in Nine Flesh Flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): New Insight into the Definition of Family Sarcophagidae
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Ultrastructure of Antennal Sensory Organs in Nine Flesh Flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) : New Insight into the Definition of Family Sarcophagidae. / Xu, Wentian; Liu, Genting; Wang, Qike; Yan, Liping; Liu, Xianhui; Li, Xinyu; Pape, Thomas; Zhang, Dong.
In: Insects, Vol. 13, No. 7, 602, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Ultrastructure of Antennal Sensory Organs in Nine Flesh Flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
T2 - New Insight into the Definition of Family Sarcophagidae
AU - Xu, Wentian
AU - Liu, Genting
AU - Wang, Qike
AU - Yan, Liping
AU - Liu, Xianhui
AU - Li, Xinyu
AU - Pape, Thomas
AU - Zhang, Dong
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The antennae are the main olfactory organ of flies, playing key roles in their survival and the success of all life stages. Antennal ultrastructural morphology has been well described in the representative species of most calyptrate families, yet only a few studies have focused on Sarcophagidae species, those with ecological and medical relevance. Antennal morphology and the types, shapes, distribution, and density of the antennal sensilla of nine Sarcophagidae species are studied in detail with scanning electron microscopy, including Miltogramminae: Metopia campestris (Fallén) and Mesomelena mesomelaena (Loew), Paramacronychiinae: Agria mihalyii (Rohdendorf & Verves), Wohlfahrtia bella (Macquart), and W. magnifica (Schiner); Sarcophaginae: Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) albiceps Meigen, S. (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann), S. (Boettcherisca) peregrina (Robineau-Desvoidy), and S. (Liosarcophaga) portschinskyi (Rohdendorf), covering all three subfamilies of this family. The morphology of the three segments of the antennae has been described. The scape has only one type of chaetic sensilla, while three subtypes of chaetic sensilla were detected on the pedicel. The postpedicel has four types of sensilla: trichoid sensilla, coeloconic sensilla, clavate sensilla, and three subtypes of basiconic sensilla. Bottle-shaped sensilla were observed in sensory pits on the postpedicel in all nine species. These sensilla have not been discovered in other calyptrate species, suggesting that they are a potential sarcophagid synapomorphy.
AB - The antennae are the main olfactory organ of flies, playing key roles in their survival and the success of all life stages. Antennal ultrastructural morphology has been well described in the representative species of most calyptrate families, yet only a few studies have focused on Sarcophagidae species, those with ecological and medical relevance. Antennal morphology and the types, shapes, distribution, and density of the antennal sensilla of nine Sarcophagidae species are studied in detail with scanning electron microscopy, including Miltogramminae: Metopia campestris (Fallén) and Mesomelena mesomelaena (Loew), Paramacronychiinae: Agria mihalyii (Rohdendorf & Verves), Wohlfahrtia bella (Macquart), and W. magnifica (Schiner); Sarcophaginae: Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) albiceps Meigen, S. (Bercaea) africa (Wiedemann), S. (Boettcherisca) peregrina (Robineau-Desvoidy), and S. (Liosarcophaga) portschinskyi (Rohdendorf), covering all three subfamilies of this family. The morphology of the three segments of the antennae has been described. The scape has only one type of chaetic sensilla, while three subtypes of chaetic sensilla were detected on the pedicel. The postpedicel has four types of sensilla: trichoid sensilla, coeloconic sensilla, clavate sensilla, and three subtypes of basiconic sensilla. Bottle-shaped sensilla were observed in sensory pits on the postpedicel in all nine species. These sensilla have not been discovered in other calyptrate species, suggesting that they are a potential sarcophagid synapomorphy.
KW - antennal sensilla
KW - comparative morphology
KW - flesh flies
KW - Miltogramminae
KW - Paramacronychiinae
KW - phylogeny
KW - Sarcophaginae
U2 - 10.3390/insects13070602
DO - 10.3390/insects13070602
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35886778
AN - SCOPUS:85133510562
VL - 13
JO - Insects
JF - Insects
SN - 2075-4450
IS - 7
M1 - 602
ER -
ID: 316063769