title: [Tarsal sensory complex of the red chicken mite Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae)].
abstract: The tarsal sensory complex of the red chicken mite Dermanyssus gallinae is situated on dorsal surface of each fore leg near the claw. It comprises 28 sensilla of 5 morphological types: 4 SW-UP (single-wall upper-pore) (gustatory organs), 8 SW-WP (single-wall wall-pore) (olfactory organs), 8 DW-WP (double-wall wall-pore) of two subtypes (thermo-chemoreceptory organs), 6 NP-TB (no pore--tubular body) (tactile organs), and 2 reduced sensilla. No sex or stage dimorphism was revealed. Morphological data point to the fact that tarsal sensory complex of the red chicken mite is mainly an organ detecting temperature changes and olfactory stimula.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Leonovich
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013823:Thermoreceptors / Q000648:ultrastructure*