Epiphallic Afferent Projections into the Terminal Abdominal Ganglion of the Crickets Acheta domesticus and Gryllue bimaculatus |
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| Authors: | A. S. McCallum R. Beck |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biology , Derbyshire College of Higher Education , Derby , DE3 1GB , U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Summary The sensilla on the epiphallus of male crickets are necessary for the correct transfer of spermatophores to females during copulatory behaviour. This report identifies, for the first time, a specific region within the terminal abdominal ganglion that is likely to process sensory information received from the epiphallus during copulatory activity. |
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| Keywords: | Acheta domesticus Gryllus bimaculatus copulatory behaviour epiphallus terminal abdominal ganglion |
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