pseudotracheal taste peg [FBbt_00004165]

Taste peg located in rows between and on the lateral sides of the 6 pseudotracheal rows of the adult labellum. Each peg sensillum contains one putative chemosensory and one mechanosensory neuron. The lateral rows contain 1-5 taste pegs per row, whereas the remaining rows contain 7-9 pegs.
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pseudotracheal taste peg

ID: FBbt_00004165

Adult Gustatory system Nervous system Sense organ

Taste peg located in rows between and on the lateral sides of the 6 pseudotracheal rows of the adult labellum. Each peg sensillum contains one putative chemosensory and one mechanosensory neuron. The lateral rows contain 1-5 taste pegs per row, whereas the remaining rows contain 7-9 pegs.

There is significant sexual dimorphism in the number of pseudotracheal taste pegs, with females having 20% more taste pegs than males (Shanbag et al., 2001).

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