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SUBMITTER: Stavenga DG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5263225 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 20161121 1
The facet lenses of the compound eyes of long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae) feature a striking, interlaced coloration pattern, existing of alternating rows of green-yellow and orange-red reflecting facets, due to dielectric multilayers located distally in the facet lenses (Bernard and Miller. Invest Ophthalmol 7:416-434 (1968). We investigated this phenomenon in the dolichopodid Dolichopus nitidus by applying microspectrophotometry, electron microscopy and optical modeling. The measured narrow-b ...[more]