Ultramorphology of the metapleural gland in three species of Atta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:54:52Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:54:52Z
dc.date.created2014-05-20T13:54:52Z
dc.date.issued2001-11-27
dc.identifierIheringia. Série Zoologia. Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, n. 91, p. 33-36, 2001.
dc.identifier0073-4721
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/19647
dc.identifier10.1590/S0073-47212001000200003
dc.identifierS0073-47212001000200003
dc.identifierS0073-47212001000200003.pdf
dc.identifier4396826019535898
dc.description.abstractDifferences among the metapleural glands of four female castes of Atta bisphaerica Forel, 1908, A. capiguara Gonçalves, 1944 and A. sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 were examined by scanning electron microscope. There were no differences in gland size between the same castes of these species, although the opening gland in A. sexdens rubropilosa had been twice as large as A. bisphaerica. The relative size and functional significance of the metapleural gland among different castes is discussed and similarities between these and the other Formicidae till now studied is presented.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
dc.relationIheringia: Série Zoologia
dc.relation0.294
dc.relation0,260
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectAtta
dc.subjectmetapleural gland
dc.subjectmorphology
dc.titleUltramorphology of the metapleural gland in three species of Atta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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