Ultramorphology and histology of the venom gland of workers of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) before and after an electrical shock treatment

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorMagalhães de Abreu, Rusleyd Maria
dc.creatorCaetano, Flávio Henrique
dc.creatorSilva de Moraes, Regina Lúcia Morelli
dc.creatorCamargo-Mathias, Maria Izabel
dc.date2014-05-27T11:21:39Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:21:13Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:21:39Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:21:13Z
dc.date2005-10-05
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T01:15:01Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T01:15:01Z
dc.identifierSociobiology, v. 46, n. 2, p. 289-298, 2005.
dc.identifier0361-6525
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/68451
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/68451
dc.identifierWOS:000231751100004
dc.identifier2-s2.0-25444440367
dc.identifierhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/issue/archive
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/889788
dc.descriptionThis paper describes the ultramorphology and histology of the venom reservoir in 14-day old workers of Apis mellifera, immediately before and after the application of electrical shocks with the object of causing venom elimination and reservoir collapse. The external epithelial surface of the reservoir was differentiated according to its morphological aspects into posterior, median, and proximal or duct regions at the ventral surface and into anterior and posterior regions at the dorsal surface. While the epithelium of the proximal region forms a ventral infolding, a dorsal salience is formed at this region. These structures and the epithelial regions persist both in full and empty reservoirs. The reservoir appeared full and distended before the electrical shocks were applied and became empty and withered afterwards due to the elimination of the secretion, without any reductions in length. Nevertheless, some secretion was kept inside the lumen, thus suggesting a possible role for the reservoir in the modification of the secretion.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectElectric shock treatment
dc.subjectHistology
dc.subjectHoney bee
dc.subjectUltrastructure
dc.subjectVenom gland
dc.subjectApidae
dc.subjectApis mellifera
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.titleUltramorphology and histology of the venom gland of workers of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) before and after an electrical shock treatment
dc.typeOtro


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