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Ultrastructure of Female Antennal Sensilla of an Endoparasitoid Wasp, Quadrastichus mendeli Kim & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)

Part of: Micrographia Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2018

Zong-You Huang ,
Yu-Jing Zhang ,
Jun-Yan Liu ,
Zhen-De Yang ,
Wen Lu  and
Xia-Lin Zheng Open the ORCID record for Xia-Lin Zheng [Opens in a new window]
Zong-You Huang
Affiliation:
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Yu-Jing Zhang
Affiliation:
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Jun-Yan Liu
Affiliation:
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Zhen-De Yang
Affiliation:
College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Wen Lu
Affiliation:
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Xia-Lin Zheng*
Affiliation:
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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*Author for correspondence: Xia-Lin Zheng, E-mail: zheng-xia-lin@163.com
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Abstract

The antennal sensilla of female Quadrastichus mendeli Kim & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) were observed with scanning and transmission electron microscopy in this study. The antenna of Q. mendeli was geniculate, and the flagellum was composed of seven subsegments. Six distinct types of sensory receptors were observed, including sensilla basiconic capitate peg, sensilla böhm, sensilla chaetica, sensilla campaniformia, sensilla placodea and sensilla trichodea. Sensilla basiconic capitate pegs were found on the flagellomeres, and Böhm sensilla were found on the basal part of scape and the pedicel. Two morphological subtypes of sensilla chaetica were found on the antennae, and sensilla campaniformia were only found on the pedicel. Sensilla placodea were divided into two morphological subtypes that were found on the flagellomeres. Sensilla trichodea were found on the 2nd–6th flagellomere. By comparison to existing antennal sensilla, it was found that sensilla basiconic capitate peg, sensilla chaetica, sensilla placodea and sensilla trichodea were the most common sensilla of the parasitoids of Eulophidae. The external and internal morphology, types, number, distribution, length, and width of these sensilla were described, and their possible functions are discussed in conjunction with the host-detection behavior. Future studies on the host location mechanisms in Q. mendeli will be facilitated by these observations.

Keywords

Leptocybe invasaparasitoidsQuadrastichus mendeliantenna sensillaultrastructure
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Micrographia
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , August 2018 , pp. 431 - 441
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© Microscopy Society of America 2018 

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