@article{fdi:010042656,
  title = {{D}istribution of chemo- and mechanoreceptors on the antennae and maxillae of {B}usseola fusca larvae},
  author = {{J}uma, {G}{\'e}rald and {C}himtawi, {M}. and {A}huya, {P}eter and {N}jagi, {P}. {G}. {N}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo and {M}agoma, {G}. and {S}ilvain, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {C}alatayud, {P}aul-{A}ndr{\'e}},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he stem borer {B}usseola fusca ({F}uller) ({L}epidoptera: {N}octuidae) is a major pest of maize, {Z}ea mays {L}., and sorghum, {S}orghum bicolor ({L}.) {M}oench (both {P}oaceae), in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {L}ike in many other lepidopteran insects, the success of {B}. fusca in recognizing and colonizing a limited variety of plants is based on the interaction between its sensory systems and the physicochemical characteristics of its immediate environment. {T}he sensilla on the maxillary galeae of {B}. fusca larvae are typical of {L}epidoptera and comprise two uniporous styloconic sensilla, which are contact chemoreceptors, three basiconic sensilla, and two aporous sensilla chaetica. {T}he maxillary palp is two-segmented and has eight small basiconic sensilla at the tip, which were also found to be gustatory. {T}he antennae of {B}. fusca larvae are short and simple. {T}he sensilla of the antenna are composed of two aporous sensilla chaetica, three multiporous cone-shaped basiconic sensilla, three small basiconic sensilla, and one aporous styloconic sensillum. {T}he basiconic sensillum located on the third antennal segment displayed a contact chemoreception response. {T}he other basiconic sensilla did not show any action potential activity in tip-recording tests. {T}he significant and positive dose-response curve obtained for the antennal basiconic sensillum with sucrose indicated for the first time the presence of gustatory chemoreceptors on the antennae of a lepidopteran larva.},
  keywords = {{S}tem borer ; {L}epidoptera ; {N}octuidae ; {H}ost-plant recognition ; {Z}ea mays ; {P}oaceae ; {S}ensilla ; {C}ontact chemoreceptors},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}ntomologia {E}xperimentalis et {A}pplicata},
  volume = {128},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {93--98},
  ISSN = {0013-8703},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00673.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042656},
}