giant sensillum of the dorsal radius [FBbt_00004083]

giant sensillum of the dorsal radius

ID: FBbt_00004083

Large, singly-innervated campaniform sensillum on the posterior face of the distal radius of the adult wing. It is a large circular sensillum, with a high profile and a distinct discontinuity between the dome and socket. It is around 9 micrometers in diameter. (Murray et al., 1984, Palka et al., 1979, Cole and Palka, 1982)

Note that several references use the term 'giant sensillum of the radius' (e.g. Palka et al., 1979, and others use the term 'giant sensillum of the dorsal radius' (e.g. Huang et al., 1991). For consistency, we adopt this latter usage.