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 hairy/bare eyes in Diptera
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 22-10-2018 11:25
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9512 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Has anybody idea(s) what is advantage or disadvantage of hairy eyes?
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 22-10-2018 12:06
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Hi Nikita In Lonchaeidae hairy eyes are most commonly found in species which fly early in the spring or are montane or boreal so I guess the advantage is in providing some thermal protection Iain Iain MacGowan |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-10-2018 14:24
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10550 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Iain MacGowan wrote: Hi Nikita In Lonchaeidae hairy eyes are most commonly found in species which fly early in the spring or are montane or boreal so I guess the advantage is in providing some thermal protection Iain In Chironomidae, Drosophilidae, and Tachinidae I have not noticed a correlation between temperature and eye hair. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 22-10-2018 18:30
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9512 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Iain and John, thank you for your reactions. 1. I delaied with reply reading pdf: "Insects have hairy eyes that reduce particle deposition, Amador_et_al, 2015" Alas, not very informative paper. 2. Looking at Muscidae family, thermal protection may has sense: hairy eyes are typical for such a cold-resistan genera as Thricops, Drymea, Phaonia. But there are contrexamples as well^ in Hydrotaea irritans group eyes are hairy only in southern H. penicillata. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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