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To provide evidence for the possible mechanism allowing this distinction, in this study, we compared the macroglomerular complex (MGC) of the AL between the males of the two species by immunostaining using presynaptic antibody and propidium iodide (PI) with antennal backfills, and confocal imaging and digital 3D-reconstruction. The results showed that MGC of both <jats:italic>E. obliqua<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>E. grisescens<\/jats:italic> contained five glomeruli at invariant positions between the species. However, the volumes of the anterior-lateral glomerulus (ALG) and posterior-ventral (PV) glomerulus differed between the species, possibly related to differences in sensing sex pheromone compounds and their ratios between <jats:italic>E. obliqua<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>E. grisescens<\/jats:italic>. 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