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  • Title: The visual system of Thelyphonida (whip scorpions): Support for Arachnopulmonata.
    Author: Lehmann T, Melzer RR.
    Journal: Arthropod Struct Dev; 2019 Jul; 51():23-31. PubMed ID: 31176004.
    Abstract:
    Only a few studies have examined the central visual system of Thelyphonida (whip scorpions) until now. To obtain new insights suitable for phylogenetic analysis we studied the axonal trajectories and neuropil architecture of the central visual systems of two whip scorpion species (Mastigoproctus giganteus and Typopeltis dalyi) with different neuroanatomical techniques (Cobalt fills, Wigglesworth stains, and μCT). The central visual system of whip scorpion comprises one pair of median eyes and one pair of lateral eye triplets. The R-cells (or retinula cells) of both eye types each terminate in a first and a second visual neuropil. Furthermore, a few R-cell fibres from the median eyes leave the second median eye visual neuropil and terminate in the second and the first lateral eye neuropil. This means R-cell terminals from the lateral eyes and the median eyes overlap here. Additionally, the arcuate body and mushroom bodies are described. A detailed comparison of our findings with previously studied chelicerate central visual systems seems to support a monophyly of Arachnopulmonata, i.e. a clade comprising Tetrapulmonata (Thelyphonida, Schizomida, Amblypygi, and Araneae) and Scorpions. Furthermore, the architecture of the central visual systems hints at a close evolutionary relationship of Arachnopulmonata and Xiphosura.
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