(Photinus marginellus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Arthropoda » Pancrustacea » Insecta » Endopterygota » Coleoptera » Elateroidea » Lampyridae » Photinus

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Green530nm512nm546nm560nm
Blue420nm  420nm
UV380nm  379nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
Green   Photopic
Yellow-Indigo
560nm - 524nm - 420nm
 
Green Blue Photopic
Lime-UVA
560nm - 502nm - 379nm
 
Green UV Photopic

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Notes and References:

Martin, Gavin Jon, "A Molecular Phylogeny of Lampyridae with Insight into Visual and Bioluminescent Evolution" (2014). All Theses and Dissertations. Paper 5758.

Lall, A. B., Strother, G. K., Cronin, T. W., Seliger, H. H. (1988) Modification of spectral sensitivities by screening pigments in the compound eyes of twilight-active fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A January 1988, Volume 162, Issue 1, pp 23-33

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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