Chestnut Timberworm Melittomma sericeum (Harris, 1841)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Lymexylidae   >   Genus Melittomma   

Description:

"The complex and conspicuous basket-like structure attached to the third segment of each maxillary palp of Melittomma sericeum males is densely covered with tactile hairs on its outer or convex surface and with thinwalled chemoreceptors on its inner or concave surface. In a living male the structure is highly mobile and is extended laterally and ventrally. It evidently serves to detect odors produced by the female." (Slifer, 1975)

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Chestnut Timberworm in Howard Co., Maryland (6/29/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Chestnut Timberworm in Howard Co., Maryland (6/29/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Chestnut Timberworm in Howard Co., Maryland (6/29/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A female Chestnut Timberworm collected in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/17/2006). Photo by Frank Guarnieri. (MBP list)

A male Chestnut Timberworm collected in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/17/2006). Photo by Frank Guarnieri. (MBP list)

The palps of a male Chestnut Timberworm collected in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/17/2006). Photo by Frank Guarnieri. (MBP list)


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