Figures: One of two types of porous sensilla found on the antenna of a Polyrhachis sp (left). A cross section of this sharp tipped sensilla chaetica shows channels going through the cuticle to pores, with channels numbering between six and twenty three along the length depending on distance from antennal surface (right).

Insect Ecology Lab

Natural History Museum (W77)

University of New England

Armidale NSW 2031

Australia

nigel.andrew@une.edu.au

61 (0)2 6773 2937