@Article{biocell.2009.33.115,
AUTHOR = {VICTOR BENNO MEYER-ROCHOW, MONALISA MISHRA},
TITLE = {A six-rhabdomere, open rhabdom arrangement in the eye of the chrysanthemum beetle <i>Phytoecia rufiventris</i>: some ecophysiological predictions based on eye anatomy},
JOURNAL = {BIOCELL},
VOLUME = {33},
YEAR = {2009},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {115--120},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/biocell/v33n2/37761},
ISSN = {1667-5746},
ABSTRACT = {We are describing a rhabdom organization of the eye of the chrysanthemum beetle <i>Phytoecia rufiventris</i> that to date has not been described from any other insect. In cerambycid beetles free rhabdomeres, forming a circular, open rhabdom, surround a central rhabdom made up of the rhabdomeres of one or two cells. In <i>Phytoecia rufiventris</i> the central rhabdomeres are missing throughout the eye and the microvilli of the outer 6 rhabdomeres are regularly oriented in three directions. Following the classification of rhabdom types suggested by Wachmann (1979), we suggest to name the rhabdom arrangement seen in the retina of <i>Phytoecia rufiventris</i> “Grundmuster 3”. This pattern ought to facilitate polarization sensitivity and movement perception, features that agree with the behavioural repertoire of <i>Phytoecia rufiventris</i>.},
DOI = {10.32604/biocell.2009.33.115}
}