Lall A B, Lloyd J E
Department of Zoology, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
J Comp Physiol A. 1989 Dec;166(2):257-60. doi: 10.1007/BF00193470.
The electroretinographic visual spectral sensitivity functions in day-active fireflies Lucidota luteicollis and Lucidota atra show a broad green sensitivity and a shoulder in the near-ultraviolet region of the spectrum as is commonly found among day-active insects. The nomogram for P530 visual pigment matches the spectral sensitivity curves in the green. The adult L. luteicollis retains its larval bioluminescent light organ which has a peak emission at 562 nm. The lambda max of the ERG spectral sensitivity does not match the bioluminescent peak as it does in twilight- and dark-active fireflies. Some relevant behavioural observations with respect to mating are presented.
日行性萤火虫黄颈熠萤和暗黑熠萤的视网膜电图视觉光谱敏感性函数显示出宽泛的绿色敏感性以及光谱近紫外区域的一个肩峰，这在日行性昆虫中很常见。P530视觉色素的列线图与绿色区域的光谱敏感性曲线相符。成年黄颈熠萤保留了其幼虫的生物发光光器官，该光器官的峰值发射波长为562纳米。视网膜电图光谱敏感性的最大波长不像在晨昏活动和夜间活动的萤火虫中那样与生物发光峰值相匹配。文中还给出了一些与交配相关的行为观察结果。
