An epicuticular multilayer reflector generates the iridescent coloration in chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 983-986

  Kroiss, Johannes ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^a   Vandenbem, Cédric ^b   Vigneron, Jean Pol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Cuticle; Hedychrum rutilans; Iridescence; Structural colors

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COLOR MORPH; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; HEDYCHRUM RUTILANS; HYMENOPTERA; LAMELLAR BODY; NONHUMAN; REFLECTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASP;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PIGMENTATION; WASPS;

CHRYSIDIDAE; CHRYSIDINAE; HEDYCHRUM RUTILANS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 68349105790     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0553-6     Document Type: Article

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