The Risler Manuscript,
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| Authors: | Hart, M., P. Belton & R. Kuhn. |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Journal: | European Mosquito Bulletin 29: 103-113 Website |
| Title: | The Risler Manuscript, |
| Abstract: | An unpublished manuscript “The Auditory Organ of Male Mosquitoes (Culicidae) (Studies on Aëdes vexans Meigen 1830)” describes the structure of the pedicels and flagella of male and female Aedes vexans (= Aedimorphus1vexans) from scanning and transmission electron micrographs. We reproduce diagrams from the manuscript showing an in-depth section of the pedicel and first few flagellar segments, a hinge involved in extending and collapsing the long fibrils on the male flagellum that has not been described before in the Culicinae and the structure and arrangement of two different types of sensory units (scolopidia), one of which we speculate might be involved in vibrating the flagellum and increasing the sensitivity of Johnston’s organ. |
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