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The arrangements of ommatidia are charted and the visual fields of the compound eyes are plotted for both male and female of the dipteran speciesMusca domestica L.,Calliphora erythrocephala M.,Stomoxys calcitrans L.,Syritta pipiens L. andFannia fannia L. At the level of the retina remarkable differences between different species and between the sexes of one species exist. Consequences of the small binocular overlap area with respect to depth perception are discussed.
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Beersma, D.G.M., Stavenga, D.G. & Kuiper, J.W. Retinal lattice, visual field and binocularities in flies. J. Comp. Physiol. 119, 207–220 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00656634
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