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Zwei Muskelrezeptoren an der Mandibel von Leuctra (Insecta, Plecoptera) — Beispiele für nicht-ciliäre Sinnesorgane mit Tubularkörper-ähnlichen Strukturen

Two muscle receptor organs at the mandible of Leuctra (Insecta, Plecoptera) — examples for non-ciliary sense organs with tubular-body-like structures

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The muscle receptor organs of the mandible of Leuctra extend between the anterior tentorial arm and the mandible base. The ventral receptor is composed of two thin muscle fibres (6–7 μm in diameter) and at least ten multiterminal sensory cells, the dendrites of which branch in the interior of the fibres and end near the z-bands. The dorsal receptor organ consists of three muscle fibres of similar diameter and only one multiterminal sensory cell. The dendritic ends lie at the distal end of the muscle, where muscle fibres and epidermal cells make contact.

Both receptor organs essentially show the same ultrastructural characteristics as in Coleoptera. However, the dorsal receptor organ in particular possesses organelles in its dendritic ends, which look like the tubular bodies in ciliary mechanoreceptors.

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Beide Muskelrezeptoren an der Mandibel von Leuctra ziehen vom vorderen Tentorium-Arm zur Mandibel-Basis. Der ventrale Rezeptor besteht aus zwei dünnen Muskelfasern (6 bis 7 μm Durchmesser) und mindestens 10 multiterminalen Sinneszellen, deren Dendriten sich im Innern der Fasern verzweigen und an den Z-Scheiben enden. Der dorsale Rezeptor besitzt drei ähnlich dünne Muskelfasern, aber nur eine einzelne multiterminale Sinneszelle. Ihre Dendriten enden im Ansatzgebiet des Muskels, zwischen Muskelfasern und Epidermiszellen.

Beide Rezeptoren haben im wesentlichen denselben Feinbau wie bei Coleopteren, jedoch treten — besonders beim dorsalen Rezeptor — in den Dendriten-Enden Strukturen auf, die den Tubularkörpern bei Mechanosensillen ähneln.

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Liem, H., Schmidt, W. & Honomichl, K. Zwei Muskelrezeptoren an der Mandibel von Leuctra (Insecta, Plecoptera) — Beispiele für nicht-ciliäre Sinnesorgane mit Tubularkörper-ähnlichen Strukturen. Zoomorphology 104, 239–245 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312037

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