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Body size and the a...
Body size and the architecture of the visual system in crepuscular and diurnal bees
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- Araújo, Priscila (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Zoologiska institutionen,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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de Almeida Caetano, Carolina (författare)
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Schlindwein, Clemens (författare)
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Alves-Dos-Santos, Isabel (författare)
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Mota, Theo (författare)
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- 2023-02-21
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0024-4066 .- 1095-8312. ; 138:3, s. 328-340
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Abstract
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- Crepuscular bees have larger compound eyes, ommatidia and ocelli than diurnal bees. These visual adaptations allow these bees to forage during twilight. While the sizes of visual organs are positively correlated with body size in diurnal bees, this relationship is as yet unclear in crepuscular bees. Here we measured the sizes of the ocellus; compound eyes; ommatidial density; and dorsal, frontal and ventral facets of 11 phylogenetically related bee species with different temporal patterns. We tested whether and how each of these visual attributes is correlated with body size and/or temporal pattern. Except for ommatidial density and size of the frontal ommatidia, which are similar in crepuscular bees of different sizes, we found that all other visual variables in diurnal and crepuscular bees are correlated with both body size and temporal pattern. The lower variability in ommatidial density among crepuscular bees suggests that their eyes operate on the threshold between light sensitivity and visual acuity. Furthermore, similar frontal ommatidial sizes in bees of different sizes indicate that this eye region is under higher evolutionary pressure in small than in large crepuscular bees to ensure light sensitivity. Finally, those crepuscular bees from different families convergently share the same visual characteristics.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- apposition compound eyes
- Colletidae
- facultative crepuscular bees
- Halictidae
- Megalopta
- Megommation
- nocturnal bees
- ocelli
- ommatidia
- Ptiloglossa
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- art (ämneskategori)
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