Ultrastructure of the salivary glands of Pachycondyla (=Neoponera) villosa (Fabricius) (Formicidae: Ponerinae): Functional changes during the last larval instar

Cytologia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-280

  Zara, Fernando José ^a   Caetano, Flávio Henrique ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Larvae; Pachycondyla villosa; Salivary gland; Silk; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA VILLOSA; PONERINAE; VILLOSA;

EID: 0036710981     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.67.267     Document Type: Article

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