Four-spotted chaser (adult) (Libellula quadrimaculata)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Arthropoda » Pancrustacea » Insecta » Odonata » Anisoptera

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
SG receptor550nm460nm550nm
Wideband recep.550,518,420,360nm532nm
B receptor518nm518nm
V receptor420nm360nm420nm
UV receptor360nm359nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (ventral)
UV receptor
Wideband recep.
  Ventral
Luminance (dorsal)
UV receptor   Dorsal
Yellow-Cyan
581nm - 537nm - 494nm
 
SG receptor B receptor Ventral
Green-UV
550nm - 417nm - 357nm
 
SG receptor UV receptor Ventral
Indigo-UV
427nm - 391nm - 356nm
 
V receptor UV receptor Dorsal

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Notes and References:

Ruck P. (1965) The Components of the Visual System of a Dragonfly. J. Gen. Physiol. 49: 289-307

Mazokhin-Porshniakov G.A. (1959) Colorimetric Study of Vision in the Dragonfly. Biofizika 4: 427 (Russian); Biophysics 4(4): 46 (English translation)

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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