Ventral polarization vision in tabanids: Horseflies and deerflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) are attracted to horizontally polarized light

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1093-1100

  Horváth, Gábor ^a   Majer, József ^b   Horváth, Loránd ^a   Szivák, Ildikó ^a   Kriska, György ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Deerfly; Diptera; Horsefly; Polarization vision; Positive polarotaxis; Tabanid traps; Tabanidae; Water detection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; POLARIZATION; SITE SELECTION; VISION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEERFLY; EGG LAYING; FLY; HORSEFLY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POLARIZATION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VISION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LARVA; LIGHT; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTROPISM;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TABANIDAE;

EID: 54049148930     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0425-5     Document Type: Article

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