TABLE 2.
Types and numbers of sensilla on the ventral, dorsal, and leading surfaces on female and male flagellar annulus 21 of Manduca sexta
| Sensillum type on ventral surface | Number of sensilla | Number of sensory cells per annulus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type-A trichoid | 333 | 390 | 666 | 780 |
| Type-B trichoid | 59 | 315 | 59-177 | 822 |
| Type-A basiconic | 122 | 147 | 366 | 329 |
| Type-B basiconic | 65 | 68 | 195 | 160 |
| Auriculate | 21 | — | 42 | — |
| Type-A coeloconic | 8 | 11 | 40 | 55 |
| Total | 608 | 931 | 1368-1486 | 2146 |
| Sensillum type on dorsal surface | ||||
| Type-A trichoid | 469 | 390 | 938 | 780 |
| Type-B trichoid | 123 | 315 | 123-369 | 822 |
| Type-A basiconic | 250 | 147 | 750 | 329 |
| Type-B basiconic | 124 | 68 | 372 | 160 |
| Auriculate | 13 | — | 26 | — |
| Type-A coeloconic | 25 | 11 | 125 | 55 |
| Type-B coeloconic | 2 | — | 6 | — |
| Total | 1006 | 931 | 2340-2586 | 2146 |
| Sensillum type on leading surface | ||||
| Type-A trichoid | 287 | 54 | 574 | 108 |
| Type-B trichoid | 64 | 106 | 64-192 | 277 |
| Type-A basiconic | 152 | 78 | 456 | 175 |
| Type-B basiconic | 52 | 30 | 156 | 70 |
| Auriculate | 31 | — | 62 | — |
| Type-A coeloconic | 12 | — | 60 | — |
| Type-B coeloconic | — | 3 | — | 18 |
| Styliform complex | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| Total | 602 | 277 | 1384-1512 | 663 |
Bold typed data from female antennae.
Regular typed data from comparable sensilla of male antennae (Lee and Strausfeld, 1990).
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indicates not present.
Modified from Shields and Hildebrand (1999b) with permission from NRC Research Press.