Ultrastructure on the light organ of tropical synchronize firefly, Pteroptyx tener

• Main Authors: Nur Khairunnisa Salleh,, Nurul Wahida Othman,, Norela Sulaiman,, Ismail Sahid,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13375/1/04%20Nur%20Khairunnisa%20binti%20Salleh.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13375/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil4_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil4_2019.html

The ultrastructure of the light organ Pteroptyx tener was examined using a Carl Zeiss Axioscope microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The light organ of the male and female P. tener comprises of two layers namely the photogenic layer and the dorsal (reflector) layer. Photogenic laye...