The antenna cleaner gland in Messor rufitarsis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Schonitzer K ^a   Dott, H ^b   Melzer, R R ^c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

^b Zoologisches Institut der Universität ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior legs; Ants; Basitarsus; Epidermal gland; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDERMIS CELL; EXOCRINE GLAND; HEMOLYMPH; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MESSOR;

EID: 0029964198     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80049-8     Document Type: Article

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