{"title":"The fundamentals of the insect compound eye.","authors":"A. Horridge","doi":"10.1079/9781789240894.0044","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\n This chapter focuses on the history of the research on the structure and optics of the compound eyes of various insect species. The various misconceptions during the early days of its research are discussed and the diversity in the anatomical characteristics of insect compound eyes is presented.","PeriodicalId":330255,"journal":{"name":"The discovery of a visual system: the honeybee","volume":"146 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The discovery of a visual system: the honeybee","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789240894.0044","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter focuses on the history of the research on the structure and optics of the compound eyes of various insect species. The various misconceptions during the early days of its research are discussed and the diversity in the anatomical characteristics of insect compound eyes is presented.