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From: Characterization of antennal chemosensilla and associated odorant binding as well as chemosensory proteins in the parasitoid wasp Microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Figure 2

Sensilla identified on the antennae of M. mediator. (A) S. chaetica on radicula; (B) S. trichodea, inset (bar = 0.5 µm): transverse section of a s. trichodea with thick sensillum wall (C) Distal part of 14th antennomere of the female antennae with three types of s. basiconica; (D) S. basiconica type 1, inset (bar = 0.5 µm): detail of a s. basiconica type 2 with apical pores; (E) S. basiconica type 2, inset (bar = 0.5 µm): transverse section of a s. trichodea with multiple pores on wall (arrow); (F) S. basiconica type 3, inset (bar = 0.5 µm): detail of the tip of a s. basiconica type 3 with cuticular projection; (G) S. placodea, inset (bar = 0.5 µm): transverse section of s. placodea with multiple pores on wall (arrow); (H) S. coeloconica; (I) S. campaniform. SB1, s. basiconica type 1; SB2, s. basiconica type 2; SB3, s. basiconica type 3.

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