An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene dolichopodid fly eye: function and evolutionary significance-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene dolichopodid fly eye: function and evolutionary significance

Published:2008-12-22 Issue:1659 Volume:276 Page:1015-1019
ISSN:0962-8452
Container-title:Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Proc. R. Soc. B.

Author:

Tanaka Gengo¹,Parker Andrew R²³,Siveter David J⁴,Maeda Haruyoshi⁵,Furutani Masumi⁶

Affiliation:

1. Gunma Museum of Natural History1674-1 Kamikuroiwa, Tomioka, Gunma 370-2345, Japan

2. Department of Zoology, The Natural History MuseumLondon SW7 5BD, UK

3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of SydneySydney 2006, Australia

4. Department of Geology, University of LeicesterLeicester LE1 7RH, UK

5. Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Kyoto UniversityKitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

6. Central Research Laboratory, Okayama University Medical SchoolOkayama 700-8558, Japan

Abstract

The exceptionally preserved eyes of an Eocene dolichopodid fly contained in Baltic amber show remarkable detail, including features at micrometre and submicrometre levels. Based on this material, we establish that it is likely that the neural superposition compound eye existed as far back as 45 Ma. The ommatidia have an open rhabdom with a trapezoidal arrangement of seven rhabdomeres. Such a structure is uniquely characteristic of the neural superposition compound eye of present-day flies. Optical analysis reveals that the fossil eyes had a sophisticated and efficient optical system.

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine

Link

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2008.1467

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