4 Material und Umwelt
Filtern
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2018 (1)
Dokumenttyp
Sprache
- Deutsch (1)
Referierte Publikation
- nein (1)
Schlagworte
- Entwicklung (1) (entfernen)
Organisationseinheit der BAM
- 4 Material und Umwelt (1) (entfernen)
Second occurrence of aberrant antenna in house longhorn beetle Hylotrupes bajulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the F3 generation. In 2016, the house longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) breeding culture of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin produced a second female beetle with a unique malformed right antenna similar to the one previously reported. As in the first case the flagellum following the pedical was bifurcated. This time, however, both branches were of similar length with 7 and 8 flagellomeres, respectively. The left antenna was normally developed with 11 antennal segments (scape, pedicel and 9 flagellomeres). This second female stands as F3-generation in direct maternal line to the previous one. A heritable cause for the malformation is likely.