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2015
2015
Concept of an Active Amplification Mechanism in the Infrared Organ of Pyrophilous Melanophila Beetles
Jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila possess a pair of metathoracic infrared (IR) organs. These organs are used for forest fire… (More)
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2013
2013
Bimodal innervation of the infrared organ of Merimna atrata (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) by thermo- and mechanosensory units.
The pyrophilous Australian "fire-beetle"Merimna atrata approaches forest fires and possesses abdominal infrared (IR) organs. Each… (More)
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2012
2012
Material properties of photomechanical infrared receptors in pyrophilous Melanophila beetles and Aradus bugs.
Jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila and some pyrophilous species of the flat bugs genus Aradus show a pyrophilous behaviour… (More)
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2012
2012
Modelling a Historic Oil-Tank Fire Allows an Estimation of the Sensitivity of the Infrared Receptors in Pyrophilous Melanophila Beetles
Pyrophilous jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila approach forest fires and there is considerable evidence that these beetles… (More)
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2010
2010
Distribution and functional morphology of photomechanic infrared sensilla in flat bugs of the genus Aradus (Heteroptera, Aradidae).
Globally the flat bug genus Aradus comprises about 200 species. About half a dozen Aradus species can be primarily found on burnt… (More)
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2008
2008
Microfluidic photomechanic infrared receptors in a pyrophilous flat bug
Infrared (IR) receptors are so far known only in boid and crotalid snakes and in three genera of pyrophilous beetles that seek… (More)
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2003
2003
Electrophysiological characterization of the multipolar thermoreceptors in the "fire-beetle" Merimna atrata and comparison with the infrared sensilla of Melanophila acuminata (both Coleoptera…
A thermosensitive multipolar neuron innervates each of the four abdominal receptors of the Australian buprestid beetle Merimna… (More)
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2002
2002
Efficacy and Residual Activity of Two Systemic Insecticides for Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Young Eastern Hemlocks
The hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand, is an exotic pest of eastern, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., and Carolina, T… (More)
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1999
1999
Afferent projections of infrared-sensitive sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Beetles of the genus Melanophila are able to detect infrared radiation by using specialized sensilla in their metathoracic pit… (More)
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1998
1998
The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
We recorded from single units of individual sensilla of the thoracic infrared (IR) pit organs of Melanophila acuminata. When the… (More)
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