Dual structural color mechanisms in a scarab beetle

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1300-1305

  Xu, Man ^a   Seago, Ainsley E ^b   Sutherland, Tara D ^b   Weisman, Sarah ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetoniinae; Diffraction grating; Multilayer reflector; Scarabeidae; Structural color

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLOR; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; OPTICS; PIGMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLOR; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 79952202343     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10870     Document Type: Article

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