A six-rhabdomere, open rhabdom arrangement in the eye of the chrysanthemum beetle Phytoecia rufiventris: some ecophysiological predictions based on eye anatomy
Título del documento: A six-rhabdomere, open rhabdom arrangement in the eye of the chrysanthemum beetle Phytoecia rufiventris: some ecophysiological predictions based on eye anatomy
Revista: Biocell
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000321965
ISSN: 0327-9545
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Jacobs University, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Bremen. Alemania
Año:
Periodo: Ago
Volumen: 33
Número: 2
Paginación: 115-120
País: Argentina
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés We are describing a rhabdom organization of the eye of the chrysanthemum beetle Phytoecia rufiventris that to date has not been described from any other insect. In cerambycid beetles free rhabdomeres, forming a circular, open rhabdom, surround a central rhabdom made up of the rhabdomeres of one or two cells. In Phytoecia rufiventris the central rhabdomeres are missing throughout the eye and the microvilli of the outer 6 rhabdomeres are regularly oriented in three directions. Following the classification of rhabdom types suggested by Wachmann (1979), we suggest to name the rhabdom arrangement seen in the retina of Phytoecia rufiventris “Grundmuster 3”. This pattern ought to facilitate polarization sensitivity and movement perception, features that agree with the behavioural repertoire of Phytoecia rufiventris
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Anatomía e histología,
Insectos,
Ojos compuestos,
Rabdómeros,
Polarización,
Phytoecia rufiventris,
Coleoptera
Keyword: Biology,
Anatomy and histology,
Insects,
Compound eyes,
Rhabdomeres,
Polarization,
Phytoecia rufiventris,
Coleoptera
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