Pezzi Marco, Scapoli Chiara, Mamolini Elisabetta, Leis Marilena, Bonacci Teresa, Whitmore Daniel, Krčmar Stjepan, Furini Marica, Giannerini Sauro, Chicca Milvia, Cultrera Rosario, Faucheux Michel J
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy.
Parasitol Res. 2018 Apr;117(4):959-970. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-5760-7. Epub 2018 Feb 10.
The haematophagous females of the cleg fly Haematopota pandazisi (Kröber) (Diptera: Tabanidae) are a common pest in areas inhabited by wild and domestic ungulates in southern Europe, North Africa and Anatolia. A morphological investigation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was carried out for the first time on the antennae of females of H. pandazisi, with special attention to the type and distribution of sensilla and microtrichia. The typical brachyceran antenna is divided into three regions: the scape, the pedicel and the flagellum, which is the longest of the three and is composed of four flagellomeres. The scape and pedicel are characterized by only one type of microtrichium and chaetic sensillum, whereas five types of microtrichia and sensilla were identified on the flagellum and classified according to shape and distribution. The sensilla are of the chaetic, clavate, basiconic, trichoid and coeloconic types; the latter with either a basiconic or grooved peg inside. The results obtained in this study were compared to those found in other species in the family Tabanidae and other Diptera, with special attention to haematophagous species.
潘氏斑虻（Haematopota pandazisi (Kröber)）（双翅目：虻科）的吸血雌虫是南欧、北非和安纳托利亚野生和家养有蹄类动物栖息地的常见害虫。首次利用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）对潘氏斑虻雌虫的触角进行了形态学研究，特别关注了感器和微毛的类型及分布。典型的短角亚目昆虫触角分为三个部分：柄节、梗节和鞭节，其中鞭节最长，由四个鞭小节组成。柄节和梗节仅具有一种类型的微毛和毛形感器，而在鞭节上鉴定出了五种类型的微毛和感器，并根据形状和分布进行了分类。感器有毛形、棒形、锥形、毛状和腔锥形类型；后者内部有一个锥形或带槽的栓。将本研究获得的结果与虻科其他物种以及其他双翅目昆虫的结果进行了比较，特别关注了吸血物种。
