Transfer of Spatial Contact Information Among Limbs and the Notion of Peripersonal Space in Insects.

ABSTRACT: Internal representation of far-range space in insects is well established, as it is necessary for navigation behavior. Although it is likely that insects also have an internal representation of near-range space, the behavioral evidence for the latter is much less evident. Here, we estimate the size and shape of the spatial equivalent of a near-range representation that is constituted by somatosensory sampling events. To do so, we use a large set of experimental whole-body motion capture data on unrestrained walking, climbing and searching behavior in stick insects of the species Carausius morosus to delineate 'action volumes' and 'contact volumes' for both antennae and all six legs. As these volumes are derived from recorded sampling events, they comprise a volume equivalent to a re

SUBMITTER: Durr V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305554 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature