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tympanum: a standalone construct

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tympanum1 CONSTRUCTTympanum (Entomology)CHAPMAN · ENTOMOLOGY

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Entomology

A thin cuticular membrane forming part of an insect's tympanal hearing organ.

In entomology, tympanum refers to a thin cuticular membrane forming part of an insect's tympanal hearing organ. This meaning comes from Chapman (1998) in The insects: Structure and function. Here tympanum is not the recessed, often decorated semicircular or triangular space enclosed by an arch or pediment above a doorway; nor the packing of paper/cloth between the platen and the sheet that equalises impression.[1]

Unit
sensory organ
Recovery means
dissection; acoustic physiology
Measured by
tuning frequency; sensitivity

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References

  1. Chapman, R. F. (1998). The insects: Structure and function (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818202

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