Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Current Opinion in Insect Science

Volume number: 61

ISSN: 2214-5745

eISSN: 2214-5753

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101153

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Detecting substrate vibrations is essential for insects in different behavioural contexts. These vibrational behaviours are mediated by mechanoreceptor organs detecting and processing vibrational stimuli transmitted in the environment. We discuss recently gained insights about the functional principles of insect vibration receptors, mainly leg chordotonal organs highly sensitive to vibrational stimuli, and the mechanisms of their diversification in neuroanatomy and functional morphology, in relation to the attachment structures and mechanical coupling. The two main input pathways for vibration stimuli transferred by the insect legs to vibrosensory organs via the cuticle and via the hemolymph are fundamental for explaining sensory specialisations. The vibroreceptor organs can diversify in their neuroanatomy and morphology in several key aspects. This provides the structural basis for complex adaptations in sensory evolution.

Harvard Citation style: Strauss, J., Stritih-Peljhan, N. and Nishino, H. (2024) Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles, Current opinion in insect science, 61, Article 101153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101153

APA Citation style: Strauss, J., Stritih-Peljhan, N., & Nishino, H. (2024). Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles. Current opinion in insect science. 61, Article 101153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101153