Eye ultrastructure in the pollen-feeding beetle, Xanthochroa luteipennis (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Oedemeridae)

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 289-300

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

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blister beetles; Compound eye; Open rhabdom; Pupil mechanism; Retina; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CORNEA; DIET; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CORNEA; DIET; EYE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; POLLEN;

COLEOPTERA; CUCUJIFORMIA; MELOIDAE; OEDEMERIDAE; XANTHOCHROA LUTEIPENNIS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ACCESSORY PIGMENTS; BLISTER BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; COMPOUND EYE; LIGHT FLUXES; MECHANISM CONTROL; OPEN RHABDOM; PUPIL MECHANISM; RETINA; RING-LIKE STRUCTURES;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 34047194110     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfl035     Document Type: Article

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