SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF DIVIDED EYES OF ASCALAPHUS MACARONIUS SCOP (NEUROPTERA ASCALAPHIDAE)
SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF DIVIDED EYES OF ASCALAPHUS MACARONIUS SCOP (NEUROPTERA ASCALAPHIDAE)
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00302998
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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GOGALA, M
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GOGALA, M
The electroretinograms [ERG] and the intracellular potentials of receptor cells have been recorded from the divided eyes of A. macaroIllus. The relative spectral efficiency and sensitivity curves were determined after a stimulation with monochromatic lights of equal quanta (from 315 to 625 nm). In ERG-measurements both parts of eyes show the same maximum of the spectral sensitivity in the UV-region of the spectrum at 350 [plus or minus] 20 nm; in the lateral eye, however, one more secondary peak of sensitivity was established at 530 [plus or minus] 10 nm. The sensitivity of the lateral eye for the green light (530 nm) is approximately 1% of the maximal sensitivity at 3 50 nm. The frontal part of the eye is practically insensitive for wavelengths above 500 nm. In the frontal eye the spectral efficiency was measured for 5 retinular cells, and in the lateral eye for one cell only. In all 6 cells the maximum of the sensitivity lies in the UV. Greater responses could also be registered in one cell of the lateral eye with the light stimulation of 507 nm; the spectral efficiency for this cell through the whole spectrum has not been measured. The abilities thus determined for the eyes of the A. macaronius were compared with the data known for other arthropods. The biological significance of such selective UV-receptors are discussed.