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  • Title: [Wing receptors of the American cockroach Periplaneta americana].
    Author: Kniazeva NI.
    Journal: Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol; 1976; 12(6):551-5. PubMed ID: 1020554.
    Abstract:
    Wing receptors of the cockroach have been studied using staining technique with methylene blue in living animals. Five types of the receptors were found: trychoid hairs, bristles, complaniform sensillae, chordotonal organs and multiterminal neurons. The majority of the receptors is located at the lower surface of the wing, especially along its ribs. Together with primitive features in the structure (polyneuronal origin of hairs and bristles, poor content of chordotonal organs, absence of distinct groups of companiform sensillae), some specialization of wing receptors with respect to flight function is noted (concentration of proprioceptors along the main mechanical axis of the wing and formation of distinct rows by the companiform sensillae).
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