Different types of Insect Antennae

1. GROUP MEMBERS
Adnan Nawaz 72 Arshad Ali 79
Mohsin Altaf 74 Hafiz Irfan Elahi 75
Muhammad Kamran 76 Farrukh Sajjad 77
Asad Hayat 78 Ali Husnain 80
Data collection and arrangement:
Muhammad Kamran 76
Under The Supervision of:
Mr Mubasshir sohail (Teaching Asistant)
3rdB semester B.Sc(hons) Agriculture
University College of Agriculture University of
Sargodha
TruTh

2. The segments
of flagellum
are taper
towards apex.
Example :
Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
Antenna shape

3. The segments
of flagellum
are of same
thickness
and
thread-like.
Example :
Grasshopper
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Grasshopper
Antenna shape

4. The segments
of flagellum
mare or
less globular
and bead-like.
Example :
Termites
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Termites
Antenna shape

5. The segments
of flagellum
have tooth-like
projections
on one side.
Example :
Pulse beetle
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Pulse beetle
Antenna shape

6. The segments
of flagellum
have long stiff
projections
on one side.
Example :
Cardinal beetle
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Cardinal beetle
Antenna shape

7. The segments
of flagellum
have long
stiff projections
on both sides.
Example :
Silkworm moth
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Silkworm moth
Antenna shape

8. The segments
of flagellum
have thick
whorls of
long hairs.
Example :
Male mosquito
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Male mosquito
Antenna
shape

9. The segments
of flagellum
have very
thin whorls
of hairs .
Example :
Female mosquito
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Female mosquito
Antenna shape

10. The segments
of flagellum are
gradually
broaden
towards
apex.
Example :
Butterfly
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Butterfly
Antenna shape
Butterfly

11. The segments
of flagellum
Suddenly
thickened to
form a
head-like
structure.
Example :
Red flour beetle
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Red flour beetle
Antenna shape

12. The terminal
segment of
flagellum are
extended into
leaf-like plats
on one side.
Example :
Dung roller
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Dung roller
Antenna shape

13. The segments
of flagellum
are produced
into long and
thick tong-like
projections.
Example :
Male stylopid
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Male stylopid
Antenna shape

14. In these the
scape is very
long and
forms a
shorp bend
like a flexed
arm.
Example :
Honey bee
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Honey bee
Antenna shape

15. The segments
of flagellum
form an
arista-like
structure.
Example :
House-fly
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Antenna shape
House-fly
Antenna Type

16. The flagellum
forms a long
unsegmented ,
terminal hair.
Example :
Robber fly
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Robber fly
Antenna shape

17. The segments
of flagellum are
thin and gradually
taper towards
the apex and
form a
leaf-blade-like
structure.
Example :
Green Grasshopper
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Green Grasshopper
Antenna shape