Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods: Including the First Comprehensive Collection of Contributions by Soviet Scientists

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Morphological and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Insect Sensilla....Pages 3-9
Neural Basis of Chemical Communication between Sexes in the American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana ....Pages 10-15
Conformations of American Cockroach Sex Pheromone and its Mimic....Pages 16-19
Prey Specifity and Prey Recognition in the Digger Wasp Liris Niger Fabr.: The Importance of Close Range Chemical Cues....Pages 20-25
Intra- and Interspecific Chemical Signals in the Termite Schedorhinotermes — Production sites, chemistry, and behaviour....Pages 26-32
Effect of Lowered pO 2 on Electrical Properties of the Antenna in Males of Periplaneta Americana ....Pages 33-39
Termite Trail Pheromones: Specificity and Biosynthesis....Pages 40-43
Fine Structural Features of Sensory Systems in Ticks and Mites: Evolutionary and Ethological Aspects....Pages 44-48
Receptor Potentials Recorded from Intact Olfactory Sensilla of the Male Silkmoth Antheraea Pernyi ....Pages 49-54
Some Characteristics of Insect Pheromonal Communication....Pages 55-58
Fine Structure of Antennal Contact Chemoreceptors after Cryofixation....Pages 59-61
Fine Structure of Insect Thermo-/Hygro-Sensitive Sensilla after Cryofixation....Pages 62-68
Morphophysiological Properties of an Insect Pheromone Sensory System in Lepidopteran and Hymenopteran Specimens....Pages 69-74
Morphophysiological Peculiarities of an Insect Pheromone Sensory System in Lepidopteran and Hymenopteran Specimens....Pages 75-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
“White Eye” as a Model for Study of Optical Properties of Visual Pigments in Insects....Pages 81-85
Natural and Genetically Engineered Visual Pigments of the Fly....Pages 86-90
Luminous Communicative Behaviour of the Luciola Mingrelica Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)....Pages 91-95
Calcium-Containing Ommochrome Granules in Outer Pigment Cells of the Honeybee Eye....Pages 96-98
Mechanisms of Phototransduction in Invertebrates....Pages 99-105
Spectral Sensitivity of Photoreceptors and Spectral Inputs to the Neurons of the First Optic Ganglion in the Locust (Locusta migratoria)....Pages 106-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Proprioceptive Control of Flight in Insects....Pages 115-121
Peripheral Inhibition in the System Responsible for Initiation and Maintenance of Locust Flight....Pages 122-126
Visual Control of Compensatory Head Movements in the Sphinx Moth....Pages 127-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
System Analysis of Instinctive Behaviour in Insects....Pages 137-141
Behavioural Choice of Conspecific Mates in Closely Related Dragonfly Species....Pages 142-148
Behavioural Features and Communication in Social Wasps Vespula (Vespidae, Hymenoptera)....Pages 149-153
Visual Searching of Local Food Sources in Social Hymenoptera....Pages 154-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Spider Courtship: Male Vibrations, Female Responsiveness and Reproductive Isolation....Pages 161-166
Acoustic Behavior of Mole Crickets of Gryllotalpa Genus....Pages 167-172
Auditory Interneurons in the Freely Moving Bushcricket Tettigonia Cantans Fuess. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)....Pages 173-177
Responses of Moths to Ultrasounds....Pages 178-182
Stridulatory Interneurons in the Metathoracic Ganglion of the Grasshopper Omocestus Viridulus L.....Pages 183-188
The Intersegmental Network Underlying Stridulation in the Grasshopper Omocestus Viridulus L.....Pages 189-192
Modulation of Auditory Information Processing by Motor Activity and Mechanical Stimulation in Grasshoppers and Locusts....Pages 193-198
Biophysical and Neurophysiological Effects of Respiration on Sound Reception in the Migratory Locust Locusta Migratoria ....Pages 199-203
Life History and Communication in Phaneropterid Bushcrickets....Pages 204-208
Pattern Recognition and Directional Analysis: Routes and Stations of Information Flow in the CNS of a Grasshopper....Pages 209-216
Acoustic Communication in Periodical Cicadas: Neuronal Responses to Songs of Sympatric Species....Pages 217-228
A Signal Produced by a Digger Wasp Preying on Crickets....Pages 229-231
Information Processing in the Cercal System of Crickets: Implications of Growth....Pages 232-240
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Comparative Investigation on the Morphology and Physiology of the Auditory Receptor Organs of Seven Species of Bushcrickets....Pages 241-247
Importance of Tooth Impact Rate in Acoustic Communication in Bushcrickets....Pages 248-253
Sound Localization in Intact and One-Eared Crickets....Pages 254-258
Mechanoreceptors and Peculiarities of Locomotor Behaviour of Insects....Pages 259-264
Interaction of Mechanoreceptor Systems as a Basis for Acoustic Communication in Insects....Pages 265-270
Hormonal Regulation of Acoustic Communications in Crickets....Pages 271-274
Development of Sensory Cells of the Labella and the Legs of the Blowfly, Phormia Regina ....Pages 275-279
Plasticity of the Nervous System of Orthopterans....Pages 280-284
Temporal Relations between the Pattern of the Calling Song and Activity of Auditory Interneurons in the Freely Moving Cricket Gryllus Bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)....Pages 285-288
The Action of Sensory Inputs on Motor Centers Excitability in Insects....Pages 289-293
Transfer of Information during Honeybee Dances, Studied by Means of a Mechanical Model....Pages 294-300
Co-Evolution of Sound-Production and Hearing in Insects....Pages 301-304
Information Theory Approach to Communication in Ants....Pages 305-307
Cues for Phonotaxis in Bushcrickets....Pages 308-311
Insect Acoustic Communication Outdoors: A Multidiscipline Approach....Pages 312-316
Contributions of Brain and Thoracic Ganglia to the Generation of the Stridulation Pattern in Chorthippus Dorsatus ....Pages 317-323
The Cercal System Constancy of Spatial Localization and its Mechanisms....Pages 324-328
Antennal Sweeps Elicited by Water Vibrations in the Crayfish ( Procambarus Clarkii ). Directionality before and after Obstructing Input of Tailfan Mechanoreceptors....Pages 329-334
Ontogenesis of Phonotaxis in Female Crickets, Gryllus Bimaculatus ....Pages 335-340
Plasticity of Phonotaxis Specificity in Crickets....Pages 341-344
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Is Histamine the Inhibitory Transmitter of the Omega Neurones (ON1)?....Pages 345-350
Transmission and Filtering of Behaviourally Relevant Song Parameters by Auditory Neurons in a Grasshopper....Pages 351-358
Can the Directional Sensitivity of Single Mechanosensory Neurons in Arthropods Tell the Animal Anything about Stimulus Direction?....Pages 359-365
Responses of Sympatric Acridid Species to Natural and Artificial Sound Signals....Pages 366-370
Characteristics of Sensory Inputs in Cricket Cercal System....Pages 371-376
Phonotaxis and Visual Orientation in Gryllus Campestris : Behavioural Experiments....Pages 377-386
Pattern Recognition and Localization in Cricket Phonotaxis....Pages 387-394
A Time Constant in the Auditory Pathway of the Cricket Gryllus Bimaculatus Related to the Naturally Used Period of Chirp Repetition....Pages 395-401
Sound Communication of Phaneropteridae (Orthoptera)....Pages 402-406
Auditory Interneurons in Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)....Pages 407-416
Back Matter....Pages 417-425