Mechanoreceptive function of
pectines in the Brazilian yellow scorpion Tityusserrulatus: perception of substrate-borne vibrations and prey detection.
cellulose), lignin and lignin degradation products, fats, proteins, and
pectines (Schaumann 2006).
If the scorpion is placed in a clear-bottomed container, it may be possible to see the
pectines on the underside of the thorax.
The parts of the body that were not ingested included the pedipalps and chelae, telson, heavily chitinized regions of the cephalothorax,
pectines and the walking legs.
Pectines: pectinal tooth count 11-11; basal middle lamellae of the
pectines not dilated; fulcra present.
The major chemosensory organs of scorpions, the
pectines (Cloudsley-Thompson 1955; Ivanov & Balashov 1979), are organized differently.
pectines: The feathery, toothed appendages on the ventral side of some arthropods.
Pectines quite reduced; 5 teeth for female; fulcra absent.
Sternites, sternum, genital opercula and
pectines unpigmented.
Pectines are movable sensory appendages that extend from the mid-ventral surface of all scorpions (Cloudsley-Thompson 1955).