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mx id: 470 | OBO id: HAO:0000217 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000217
eye synonyms: Auge, compound eye, facetted eye, oculus, oculus compositus, ommateum
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The compound organ that is composed of ommatidia.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The eye is a compound organ.
The eye is part of the head.

Figures
Megalyridae
Evaniscus sulcigenis Roman, 1917; Evaniscus sulcigenis Roman, 1917
Szepligetella deercreeki Deans and Mikó; Szepligetella Bradley, 1908
Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758); Evania appendagaster Samouelle, 1819
Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758); Evania appendagaster Samouelle, 1819
Szepligetella deercreeki Deans and Mikó; Szepligetella Bradley, 1908
Opius dissitus Muesebeck
Opius dissitus Muesebeck

Label usage (sensu)
eye by Curators, H. A. O. 2009. The Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Curation Team. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
compound eye by Chapman, R. F. 1998. The insects: structure and function 4th edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne 770 pp.
compound eye by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
eye by Curators. 2010. Gibson, Vilhelmsen, Seltmann, Bertone, Yoder, Miko muscle working group..
Auge by Szépligeti, G. 1903. Neue Evaniiden. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici:3783-388.
compound eye by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
eye by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
compound eye by Kirby, W., and W. Spencer. 1828. An introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, London 732 pp.
eye by Smith, J. B. 1906. Explanation of terms used in Entomology. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society:154.
facetted eye by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
ommateum by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
oculus by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
oculus compositus by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
Comments and tags
comment added almost 14 years ago by Matthew Bertone
do we prefer eye or compound eye
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BAO candidate added almost 13 years ago by Aaron Smith
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alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
The paired organs of sight on the head that is composed of a large number of facets, sometimes referred to as the compound eye in contrast to the simple eye or ocellus.
  Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
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