| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1982 |
| Authors: | A. M. Angioy, Liscia, A., Crnjar, R., Pietra, P., Stoffolano, Jr., J. G. |
| Journal: | Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale |
| Volume: | 58 |
| Pagination: | 678-682 |
| Date Published: | 1982 |
| Keywords: | Chemosensilla, Massachusetts, Physiology, Sugar Feeding, Tabanidae, Tabanus atratus, USA |
| Abstract: | Evidence is presented, from the results of electrophysiological studies in the laboratory, for the chemosensory activity of the longest hairs located on the aboral surfaces of the labella in males of Tabanus atratus atratus F. collected from freshwater marshes in Massachusetts. At least 4 chemosensory units were present in each labellar chemosensillum, which could be activated by both salt and sugar; their sensitivity thresholds for these chemicals were 100-250 and 100-500 mm, respectively. |
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