Comparative study of the histology, histochemistry and ultramorphology of the proventriculus in the cephalotini tribe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:21:35Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:21:35Z
dc.date.created2014-05-27T11:21:35Z
dc.date.issued2005-08-04
dc.identifierSociobiology, v. 46, n. 1, p. 185-193, 2005.
dc.identifier0361-6525
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/68365
dc.identifierWOS:000230379200015
dc.identifier2-s2.0-22844452562
dc.identifier4396826019535898
dc.description.abstractThe use of optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy propitiated the comparative examination of the nature of the histology, histochemistry and ultramorphology of the proventriculus bulb of Cephalotes atratus, C. clypeatus and C. pusillus. This portion of the digestive tract possesses highly sclerotized cuticular projections which act in the selection of victuals. A layer of amorphous material with mucous characteristics is present over the cuticle projections. That layer seems to optimize the efficiency of the proventriculus in the selection of food for social function in the colony (trophallaxis). More details of the characteristics of this structure are described in this study.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.relation0.604
dc.relation0,396
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAnts
dc.subjectCephalotini tribe
dc.subjectHistochemistry
dc.subjectProventriculus
dc.subjectUltramorphology
dc.subjectAves
dc.subjectCephalotes atratus
dc.subjectCephalotini
dc.subjectElectron (bird)
dc.subjectFormicidae
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.titleComparative study of the histology, histochemistry and ultramorphology of the proventriculus in the cephalotini tribe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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