The organization of honeybee ocelli: Regional specializations and rhabdom arrangements

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-520

  Ribi, Willi ^a,c   Warrant, Eric ^b   Zeil, Jochen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drones; Honeybees; Ocelli; Polarization sensitivity; Rhabdom organization; Workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA; DRONE; EYE; HONEYBEE; INSECT; LENS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCELLI; OPTICS; RETINA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL FIELD; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BEES; EYE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 81255187959     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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