Structure of the spermatheca in five families of isoptera

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:21:21Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:21:21Z
dc.date.created2014-05-27T11:21:21Z
dc.date.issued2005-06-01
dc.identifierSociobiology, v. 45, n. 3, p. 659-670, 2005.
dc.identifier0361-6525
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/68280
dc.identifierWOS:000228711500011
dc.identifier2-s2.0-18944364120
dc.description.abstractThe structure of the spermatheca was investigated in specimens of five termite families with the aid of light microscopy. In longitudinal section, the spermatheca of Zootermopsis nevadensis (Termopsidae) showed the shape of an umbrella with a secretory portion and duct. The other termite species, which belong to the families Kalotermitidae, Serritermitidae, Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae showed a spermatheca constituted only by the secretory portion. This structure was an elongate, fingerlike tube with a recurved and blind extremity. The spermatheca wall was composed of a single epithelium formed by class 3 secretory cells with a lumen lined by cuticle. The cuticle was thin and smooth or thick with digitiform projections in the species examined. All the termite females showed bundles of musculature outside of the spermatheca.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.relation0.604
dc.relation0,396
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectHistology
dc.subjectReproductive system
dc.subjectSperm storage
dc.subjectSpermatheca
dc.subjectTermite
dc.subjectIsoptera
dc.subjectKalotermitidae
dc.subjectRhinotermitidae
dc.subjectSerritermitidae
dc.subjectTermitidae
dc.subjectTermopsidae
dc.subjectZootermopsis nevadensis
dc.titleStructure of the spermatheca in five families of isoptera
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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