Fine structure of the compound eye of the fungus beetle Neotriplax lewisi (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Erotylidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-278

  Mishra, Monalisa ^a   Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^a,b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Polarization sensitivity; Retina; Vision

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUJIFORMIA; EROTYLIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 33747597339     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2006.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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