The coleopteran family Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles) includes some of the smallest insects
known with most of the representatives of this family measuring less than 1 mm in body …

The wings of Ptiliidae, the coleopteran family containing the smallest free-living insects, are
analyzed in detail for the first time. A reconstruction of the evolutionary sequence of changes …

The compound eyes of seven species of longicorn beetles were observed by clectron
microscope, and the relationship between the activity and the structure was considered …

Superposition and apposition compound eyes are commonly associated with moths and
butterflies, respectively. However, recently intermediate eye designs, combining features of …

The internal morphology of adults and larvae of Acrotrichis montandoni and adults of Ptilium
myrme-cophilum is described on the basis of the study of LM and TEM of serial sections and …

Compound eyes undoubtedly represent the widespread eye architecture in the animal
kingdom. The insects' compound eye shows a wide variety of designs, and insects use their …

Due to their small size, diminutive parasitic wasps are outstanding subjects for investigating
aspects of body miniaturization. Information on minute compound eyes is still scarce, and we …

The internal structure of Nanosella sp., Primorskella sp., and Porophila sp. was described
from serial sections and total preparations using light and transmission electron microscopy …

Post-embryonic developmental patterns of the lateral eyes of both male and female Cloeon
sp. are described and compared with each other morphometrically on the basis of scanning …

We present the first morphological study of larvae and adults of Mikado sp.–one of the
smallest known beetles and free-living insects (body length of adult is 390–455μm) …