Study of melanin localization in the mature male Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis damselfly wings

In this study, infrared (IR) microspectroscopy, coupled with the highly collimated synchrotron IR beam, was employed in order to identify the distribution of the pigments in the wings at a high spatial resolution. It was found that the melanin is localized in the procuticle of the C.   haemorrhoidalis damselfly wings, distributed homogeneously within this layer, and not associated with the lipids of the epicuticle.
Source: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation - Category: Physics Authors: Tags: Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis synchrotron IR microspectroscopy melanin damselfly hierarchical cluster analysis synchrotron Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy short communications Source Type: research