Anatomy of the frontal gland and ultramorphology of the frontal tube in the soldier caste of species of Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae)

dc.creatorSantos, Conceicao A.
dc.creatorCosta‐Leonardo, Ana M.
dc.date2018-06-18T14:51:35Z
dc.date2018-06-18T14:51:35Z
dc.date2006-10-06
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T21:46:39Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T21:46:39Z
dc.identifier1059-910X
dc.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20365
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/20183
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8965981
dc.descriptionAll termite species (Isoptera) are eusocial. These insects live in societies where the division of labor is a predominant characteristic, conditioned by the presence of castes with different morphology, ontogeny, and development. The soldier caste is unique among social insects and it is responsible for colony defense. Soldiers belonging to the Nasutitermitinae subfamily are very peculiar, since they may be polymorphic and present a nasus in addition to either developed or vestigial mandibles. The defensive secretions of soldiers of the neotropical Nasutitermitinae have been the aim of several chemical studies, but few data exist concerning the anatomy and histology of the exocrine glands. This article presents a comparative study on the anatomy of the frontal gland of soldiers of several Nasutitermitinae species: Syntermes dirus (Burmeister), Syntermes nanus (Constantino), Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Silvestri), Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) and Velocitermes heteropterus (Silvestri), with emphasis on the ultramorphology and ultrastructure of the frontal tube.
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dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMicroscopy Research and Technique
dc.relationVolume 69, Issue 11, Pages 913–918, November 2006
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectTermites
dc.subjectExocrine gland
dc.subjectDefense
dc.subjectNasute
dc.subjectMorphology
dc.titleAnatomy of the frontal gland and ultramorphology of the frontal tube in the soldier caste of species of Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae)
dc.typeArtigo


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