2021
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-021-00543-3
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Sensory equipment and adaptations to the fire habitat of the antennae of the Australian ´firebeetle´ Merimna atrata (Coleoptera; Buprestidae)

Abstract: The ‘Australian firebeetle’ Merimna atrata approaches fires in Eucalyptus forests for reproduction. Beetles stay on a postfire area as long as burning wood or hot ashes emit heat and smoke. Abdominal infrared receptors protect the beetles from landing on hot spots; however, until now fire-specific adaptations of the antennae have not been investigated in more detail. This affects the localization of olfactory sensilla used for the perception of smoke and in addition mechanisms to protect delicate sensilla agai… Show more

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