Novel exocrine glands in the legs of the ponerine ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-75

  Tijskens, Marjolein ^a   Ito, Fuminori ^b   Billen, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyopone reclinata; Exocrine glands; Morphology; Ponerinae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENDOCRINOLOGY;

AMBLYOPONE; AMBLYOPONE RECLINATA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PONERINAE;

EID: 0036873708     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854202760405195     Document Type: Article

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