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Journal of Experimental Biology 116,331-341 (1985)
Published by Company of Biologists 1985

Strand Receptors Associated with the Femoral Chordotonal Organs of Locust Legs

PETER BRAUNIG ¹

¹ Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, 7750 Konstanz, F.R.G.; Inetitut für Zoologie, Technische Univeraität München, Lichtenbergstrasee 4, 8046 Garching, F.R.G.

The so-called flexor strand of the femoral chordotonal organ of the locust jumping leg was found to be innervated by a single sensory neurone with its cell body in the metathoracic ganglion. The strand is therefore a new mechanoreceptor of the strand receptor class. It is sensitive to extension of the femoro-tibial joint. The innervation is rather unusual in the hind leg as well as in the fore and middle legs.

Key words: Strand receptor, chordotonal organ, locust

Accepted on October 25, 1984

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