(Photuris frontalis)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Green560nm461nm500nm560nm
Blue435nm  435nm
UV350nm  349nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
Green   Photopic
Yellow-Indigo
560nm - 487nm - 435nm
 
Green Blue Photopic
Lime-UV
560nm - 404nm - 347nm
 
Green UV Photopic

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Notes and References:

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

Land M.F. (1997) Visual Acuity in Insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 42:147-177

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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