Fine structure of the sense organs on the antennal flagellum of the honey bee, <i>Apis mellifera</i> linnaeus

Slifer, Eleanor H.; Sekhon, Sant S.

doi:10.1002/jmor.1051090308

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“…Until now, ultrastructural descriptions have been performed only in corbiculate bees (Slifer and Sekhon 1961;Whitehead and Larsen 1976). Our ultrastructural studies with species of Eucerini, Emphorini, Epeolini, and Protepeolini confirmed that stA belong to the multiporous type, whereas stC-D are uniporous and stB are nonporous.…”

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Antennal sensilla of cleptoparasitic and non-parasitic bees in two subfamilies of Apidae

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-In bees, most of the comparative studies linking the sensory system and behavior were performed in social species. Here, we describe the morphology of antennal sensilla in solitary and cleptoparasitic bees of Apinae and Nomadinae. The external and internal structure of sensilla and setae as well as their distribution in flagella were studied in detail in two different host-cleptoparasitic associations. In addition, taking into account the presence of pores, the distribution of sensilla was compared in females and males of 39 species of these subfamilies. It was found that males of non-parasitic bees showed a higher number of multiporous sensilla. Females had more uniporous and nonporous sensilla than males. Cleptoparasitic bees showed a low diversity in types of sensilla and no sexual dimorphism in number. The pattern of sensilla in males and their cleptoparasitic females was discussed in the context of their ecological roles.antennal morphology / sensilla ultrastructure / olfaction / dimorphism

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“…Sensilla placodea and basiconica were described by taking into account only the external morphology (Galvani et al 2012). To assign a functional role to each type, previous reports were considered (Slifer and Sekhon 1961;Whitehead and Larsen 1976).…”

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Antennal sensilla of cleptoparasitic and non-parasitic bees in two subfamilies of Apidae

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“…The set of morphological sensillar types in bumble bees, first described by Leydig (1860), is very similar to that of the familiar honey bee, Apis mellifera (Slifer and Sekhon, 1961). Judging from investigations in that species, strong candidates as odor receptors are s placodea and s trichodea A (following the typology of Esslen and Kaißling, 1976).…”

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Flagellar sensilla of bumble bee males (Hymenopera, Apidae, Bombus)

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Hallberg

1996

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“…Several morphological and electrophysiological studies have been carried out in different Apoidea species, describing the antennae sensillar patterns in both males and females (Gupta, 1992;Wcislo, 1995;Ågren and Hallberg, 1996). In Apis mellifera L. several morphological studies have focused on the antennal sensilla of the different colony members (Richards, 1952;Slifer and Sekhon, 1961;Dietz and Humphreys, 1971), leading to mapping of the different number and type of sensilla in the three forms (Chauvin, 1968): the workers have about 6500 sensilla per antenna (Esslen and Kaissling, 1976), the queen, 2-3000 (Dade, 1962) while the drones have the highest number, about 20 000. This enormous difference among castes and sexes is mostly due to sensilla placodea which make up about 18 600 in drones (Brockmann and Brückner, 2001).…”

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Antennal glands in male bees: structures for sexual communication by pheromones?

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-Morphological investigations were conducted on male antennae of three Apidae species, Apis mellifera, Bombus pascuorum and Xylocopa violacea. Male antennal glands were present in all species, with some differences regarding both external morphological characters and internal cytological features. There are externally obvious sites of pheromonal release (provided with evident pores) in B. pascuorum and X. violacea males, while pores are lacking in A. mellifera males. Internally A. mellifera presents a glandular complex composed of class 1 secretory cells, while the two other species possess two types of glands (with class 1 and class 3 secretory cells) associated with the same release sites. The functional hypothesis for the secretion of these glands is that they may act as a sex pheromone during courtship behaviour.Apis / Bombus / Xylocopa / gland / ultrastructure / sex recognition

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Fine structure of the sense organs on the antennal flagellum of the honey bee, Apis mellifera linnaeus

Cited by 100 publications

References 25 publications

Antennal sensilla of cleptoparasitic and non-parasitic bees in two subfamilies of Apidae

Antennal sensilla of cleptoparasitic and non-parasitic bees in two subfamilies of Apidae

Flagellar sensilla of bumble bee males (Hymenopera, Apidae, Bombus)

Antennal glands in male bees: structures for sexual communication by pheromones?

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