TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cammaerts, M.-C.
T1  - Colour vision in the ant Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2007
DA  - 2007
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_010:041
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_010:041
SP  - 41-50
KW  - Colours, eyes, Myrmica sabuleti, operant conditioning, vision.
AB  - The differential operant conditioning method reveals that workers of Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861 distinguish colours from one another, as well as colours from greys. In high light intensity, these ants are slightly sensitive to red, sensitive to green, and highly sensitive to yellow and blue. In low light intensity, they are no longer sensitive to red, but sensitive to yellow and blue, and highly sensitive to green and violet. Moreover, these ants clearly perceive black objects under Uv light: They are thus sensitive to wavelengths shorter than those corresponding to violet.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 10