SENSILLA OF CARABUS (ISIOCARABUS) FIDUCIARIUS SAISHUTOICUS CSIKI (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE)

Sensilla on the antenna of the ground beetle, Carabus (Isiocarabus) fi duciarius saishutoicus Csiki (Coleoptera: Carabidae), were investigate d using scanning electron microscopy. In both sexes, 5 types of sensil la trichodea, 7 types of sensilla basiconica, 1 type of sensilla ampul lacea, and 2 types of sensilla campaniformia are distinguished. No sex ual differences in the types and distribution of sensilla are found on the antenna, except a ventral, depressed, hairless region of the male . Various types of sensilla present on the mouthparts, head, pronotum, elytron, hindwing, legs, abdominal tergites and sternites, aedeagus, and ovipositor are also described. Copyright (C) 1996 Published by Els evier Science Ltd.