Structure of the cuticle of the alpine weta,Hemideina maori (Saussure) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering (NHCE) ,Bengaluru, Karnataka, India;2. Solar Energy Research Cell, School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India;3. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;4. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanayang Technological University, Singapore;1. Zoological Institute & Museum, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, J.-S.-Bach-Str. 11/12, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany;2. Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Gadong 1410, Brunei Darussalam |
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| Abstract: | Sclerotized cuticle segments from the thorax, dorsal abdomen, and ventral abdomen of the alpine, weta Hemideina maori (Saussure) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) were examined by light microscopy and by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. An epicuticle, exocuticle (outer and inner), mesocuticle, endocuticle, and deposition layer are present in transverse sections. The epicuticle is further composed of a cuticulin layer and inner epicuticle, the latter being finely laminated and containing narrow wax canals that terminate below the cuticle surface. Openings to dermal gland ducts are visible on the surface as are large setae and smaller sensory pegs. Frozen fractured cuticle reveals the presence of horizontal ducts or channels that run laterally within the cuticle. The structure of weta cuticle is compared with that of the common house cricket and arthropods in general. |
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