Abstract
THE highly differentiated scolopal organs of insects include the chordotonal and tympanal as well as that peculiar organ called the sense organ of Johnston, which is widely distributed in insects in the second antennal segment. Speaking broadly, their function includes not only sound-perception, but probably also regulation of the animal's movements. It is not improbable that in the various orders of insects scolopal organs have arisen independently, and have acquired a general similarity through convergence.
Die stiftführenden Sinnesorgane: Morphologie und Physiologie der chordotonalen und der tympanalen Sinnesapparate der Insekten.
Von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Eggers. (Zoologische Bausteine: Auschnitte aus dem Gesamtgebiet der Zoologie, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Paul Schulze, Band 2, Heft 1.) Pp. vii + 354. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1928.) 34 gold marks.
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C., A. Biology. Nature 124, 532 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124532c0
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