Ⅰ. INTRODUCTIONStudies on the neurosuperpositional compound eyes of the Dipterans, especially on those of the housefly, have been increasingly useful in optics, behavioral science, neurophysiology and biocybernetics....Ⅰ. INTRODUCTIONStudies on the neurosuperpositional compound eyes of the Dipterans, especially on those of the housefly, have been increasingly useful in optics, behavioral science, neurophysiology and biocybernetics. No report on the structure of the compound eye in the horsefly Tabanus mandarinus is found yet. Recently we presented a note on the relation between the lightguide pattern of the rhabdomeres in the horsefly and light adaptation. It shows that the compound eye of the horsefly belongs展开更多
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文摘Ⅰ. INTRODUCTIONStudies on the neurosuperpositional compound eyes of the Dipterans, especially on those of the housefly, have been increasingly useful in optics, behavioral science, neurophysiology and biocybernetics. No report on the structure of the compound eye in the horsefly Tabanus mandarinus is found yet. Recently we presented a note on the relation between the lightguide pattern of the rhabdomeres in the horsefly and light adaptation. It shows that the compound eye of the horsefly belongs