From Large to Small, from Day to Night: The Sensory Costs of Miniaturisation in Ants

Ramirez Esquivel, Fiorella2018-06-262018-06-26http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144591This Honours thesis examines sensory adaptations of the compound eyes and antennal sensilla in response to diminishing body size and photic niche. It examines four different ant species using scanning electron microscopy and histological techniques.enminiaturisationcompound eyessensillaSEMTEMIridomyrmexNotoncusMelophorusPheidolephotic nicheFrom Large to Small, from Day to Night: The Sensory Costs of Miniaturisation in Ants201210.25911/5d67b7a3d86fc