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The latest volume in this respected series addresses: turnover of phototransductive membrane in compound eyes and ocelli; honey bee learning; formation of a neurohaemal organ during insect embryogenesis; thermoregulation and heat exchange; molecular targets of pyrethroid insecticides. Annotation co

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Advances in Insect Physiology Volume 20 This Page Intentionally Left Blank Advances in Insect Physiology edited by P. D. EVANS and V. B. WIGGLESWORTH Department of Zoology, The University Cambridge, England Volume 20 1988 ACADEMIC PRESS Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers London San Diego New York Boston Sydney Toronto Tokyo ACADEMIC PRESS LIMITED. 24/28 Oval Road London NWI 7DX United Slutes Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC. Orlando, Florida 32887 Copyright ('> 1988 by ACADEMIC PRESS LIMITED All Riglit.7 Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photostat, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Advances in insect physiology.-Vol. 20 1. Insects-Ph ysiology-Periodicals 595.7'01'05 QL495 ISBN 0-12-024220-6 ISSN 0065-2806 Typeset by Eta Services Ltd, Beccles, Suffolk and printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Contributors A. D. Blest Developmental Neurohiology Groups, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University,PO Box 475, Canberra City, A C T 2601, Australia J. N. Carr Departnzent of Anatomy and Neurohiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA T. M. Casey Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, New Jersev Agricultural Experinzent Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunmlick, NJ08903. U S A J. L. Gould Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, U S A D. B. Sattelle ARFC Unit of Insect Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ET, UK P. H. Taghert Department of Anatomy and Neurohiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St Louis, M O 63110, U S A W. F. Towne Department of Biology, Kutztown University, Kutztown, P A 19530, USA vi CONTRIBUTORS J. B.Wall Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St Louis, M O 63110, USA D. Yamamoto Neuroscience Division, Mitsuhishi-Kusei Institute o f Life Sciences, 11 Minumioova, Machida, Tokyo 194, Japan Contents Contributors V The Turnover of Phototransductive Membrane in Compound Eyes and Ocelli A. D. BLEST 1 Honey Bee Learning J. L. GOULD and W. F. TOWNE 55 The Formation of a Neurohaemal Organ During Insect Embryogenesis P. H. TAGHERT, J. N. CARR and J. B. WALL 87 Thermoregulation and Heat Exchange T. M. CASEY 1 I9 Molecular Targets of Pyrethroid Insecticides D. B. SATTELLE and D. YAMAMOTO 147 Subject Index 215 This Page Intentionally Left Blank The Turnover of Phototransductive Membrane in Compound Eyes and Ocelli A. David Blest Developmental Neurobiology Groups, Research School o f Biological Sciences. Australian National University. PO Box 475. Canberra City, A.C.T.2601, Australia 1 Introduction 2 2 Organization of arthropod photoreceptors 3 2.1 Regional differentiation of function 3 2.2 The composition of rhabdomeral microvilli 5 3 Phenomenology of turnover: adjustments to the volumes of rhabdoms 8 3.1 Quantitative effects of prolonged illumination 8 3.2 Quantitative effects of daily c