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ANTENNAL receptors which mediate various stimuli are concentrated on three segments in higher Diptera1–3. The scanning electron microscope (Cambridge Stereoscan) has now disclosed previously undetected structures on the pedicel or second antennal segment of a number of common flies (Figs. 1a, b). (Specimens were gold coated at 200 Å and the microscope was operated at from 3 to 10 kV with an aperture of 200µ.)
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GREENBERG, B. Species Distribution of New Structures on Fly Antennae. Nature 228, 1338–1339 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281338a0
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