一种蛀木甲虫——丝光墨天牛（鞘翅目，墨天牛科）的下颚须器官。
The maxillary palp organs of a wood-boring beetle, Melittomma sericeum (coleoptera, lymexylonidae).
作者信息
Slifer Eleanor H, Gruenwald Thomas F J, Sekhon Sant S
机构信息
Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvalia and Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach and Department of Anatomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
出版信息
J Morphol. 1975 Oct;147(2):123-135. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1051470202.
The complex and conspicuous basket-like structure attached to the third segment of each maxillary palp of Melittomma sericeum males is densely covered with tactile hairs on its outer or convex surface and with thinwalled chemoreceptors on its inner or concave surface. In a living male the structure is highly mobile and is extended laterally and ventrally. It evidently serves to detect odors produced by the female.
丝绒美蜂虻雄性个体每个下颚须第三节上附着的复杂且显眼的篮状结构，其外表面或凸面密布着触觉毛，内表面或凹面则分布着薄壁化学感受器。在活体雄性个体中，该结构具有高度的活动性，可向侧面和腹面伸展。它显然用于探测雌性产生的气味。
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