{"title":"HUMIDITY REACTIONS IN THE PENTATOMID INSECT CHRYSOCORIS PURPUREUS (WESTWOOD)","authors":"S. Dwarakanath, R. Michael","doi":"10.1080/00269786.1977.10736285","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Chrysocoris purpureus (Westwood) when exposed to various humidity alternatives, usually showed a dry reaction, the mechanism of the response being klinotaxis. The humidity reaction was reversed after desiccation. Antennectomy interfered with the normal dry reaction.","PeriodicalId":19014,"journal":{"name":"Monitore Zoologico Italiano-Italian Journal of Zoology","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Monitore Zoologico Italiano-Italian Journal of Zoology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00269786.1977.10736285","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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SUMMARY Chrysocoris purpureus (Westwood) when exposed to various humidity alternatives, usually showed a dry reaction, the mechanism of the response being klinotaxis. The humidity reaction was reversed after desiccation. Antennectomy interfered with the normal dry reaction.