Green darner (Anax junius)

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

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
SG receptor503nm460nm500nm522nm
B receptor442nm  442nm
UV receptor354nm  353nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (ventral)
UV receptor   Ventral
Luminance (dorsal)
UV receptor   Dorsal
Green-Indigo
524nm - 486nm - 439nm
 
SG receptor B receptor Ventral
Green-UV
522nm - 421nm - 352nm
 
SG receptor UV receptor Ventral

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Notes and References:

Briscoe, A. D. & Chittka, L. (2001) The Evolution of Color Vision in Insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2001. 46:471-510

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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