Evidence of red sensitive photoreceptors in Pygopleurus israelitus (Glaphyridae: Coleoptera) and its implications for beetle pollination in the southeast Mediterranean

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 451-463

  Martinez Harms J ^a   Vorobyev, M ^b   Schorn, J ^a   Shmida, A ^c   Keasar, T ^d   Homberg, U ^e   Schmeling, F ^e   Menzel, R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Color space; Color vision; Flower colors; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COLOR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOWER; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOWERS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; POLLINATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84861455389     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0722-5     Document Type: Article

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