title: Structure and distribution of antennal sensilla in Oranmorpha guerinii (Gervais, 1837) (Diplopoda, Polydesmida).
abstract: Detailed information on sensory organs of Diplopoda especially on antennal sensilla are still sparse and fragmentary. The present study on the antennae of Oranmorpha guerinii (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) utilizing scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of six sensillar types: (1) apical cones, (2) sensilla trichodea, (3) sensilla microtrichodea, (4) sensilla chaetica, (5) sensilla basiconica bacilliformia, and (6) sensilla basiconica spiniformia. External structure and distribution of cuticular antennal sensilla are compared with data from other diplopod species. We moreover discuss possible functions of antennal sensilla in millipedes.
authors.affiliation: University of Greifswald, Zoological Institute and Museum, Cytology and Evolutionary Biology, 17487 Greifswald, Germany. Electronic address: andy.sombke@uni-greifswald.de.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sombke
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute of Special Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, 07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057506:Arthropod Antennae / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001181:Arthropods / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D058618:Sensilla / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013030:Spain
keywords: Antennal sensilla; Diplopoda; Polydesmida; SEM