作者: J. E. Yack , J. H. Fullard
关键词: Tympanum (anatomy) 、 Insect 、 Nervous system 、 Chordotonal organ 、 Auditory receptor 、 Actias luna 、 Biology 、 Biological evolution 、 Sensory receptor 、 Anatomy
摘要: Insect tympanal organs (ears) have evolved independently in several different taxa. They occur on many regions of the body wall and range complexity from simple organ Notodontid moth, which has only one auditory receptor to that cicada with more than thousand (see Michelson Larsen, 1985 for review). Despite such variations distribution complexity, all are alike: they characterized by presence a thinned region exoskeleton (the tympanum), exposed side external air, having associated its inner surface, an air sac chordotonal (CO).