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Tipo: | Artigo |
Título: | Epidermal glands in the abdomen of a basal ant Dinoponera lucida (Formicidae: Ponerinae) |
Autor(es): | Serrão, José Eduardo Castro, Rafael Cunha A. Zanuncio, José Cola Mariano, Cléa Santos Ferreira Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles |
Abstract: | The basal ant Dinoponera (Hymenoptera: Ponerinae) has lost the morphologic queen caste so that all females may be potential reproductive individuals, and the nestmate recognition results from cuticular hydrocarbons cues. However, data about the origin of that substance in Ponerinae ants are scarce. This study reports the occurrence of epidermal glands in the abdomen of the ant Dinoponera lucida. In this ant, the epidermis of the abdominal sternites has tall cells with well-developed nucleus contrasting with flattened and collapsed epidermis in the tergites, suggesting a glandular function in the epidermis of the sternites. The possible role of the glandular epidermis in the synthesis of cuticular hydrocarbons for the nestmate recognition is discussed. Microsc. Res. Tech., 2009. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
Palavras-chave: | Hymenoptera Cuticular hydrocarbons Oenocytes Insect Zoology |
Editor: | Microscopy Research And Technique |
Tipo de Acesso: | Open Access |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20641 http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/13273 |
Data do documento: | 24-Set-2008 |
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