The Risler Manuscript

摘要

An unpublished manuscript “The Auditory Organ of Male Mosquitoes (Culicidae) (Studies on A?des vexansMeigen 1830)” describes the structure of the pedicels and flagella of male and female Aedes vexans (=Aedimorphus1vexans) from scanning and transmission electron micrographs. We reproduce diagrams from themanuscript showing an in-depth section of the pedicel and first few flagellar segments, a hinge involved inextending and collapsing the long fibrils on the male flagellum that has not been described before in the Culicinaeand the structure and arrangement of two different types of sensory units (scolopidia), one of which we speculatemight be involved in vibrating the flagellum and increasing the sensitivity of Johnston’s organ.