Evidence for UV-green dichromacy in the basal hymenopteran Sirex noctilio (Siricidae)

Abstract A precondition for colour vision is the presence of at least two spectral types of photoreceptors in the eye. The order Hymenoptera is traditionally divided into the Apocrita (ants, bees, wasps) and the Symphyta (sawflies, woodwasps, horntails). Most apocritan species possess three differen...

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Main Authors: Quentin Guignard, Johannes Spaethe, Bernard Slippers, Martin Strube-Bloss, Jeremy D. Allison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95107-2