Ultrastructure of last larval instar fat body cells of Pachycondyla (= Neoponera) villosa (Formicidae: Ponerinae): Cytochemical and chemical analysis

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Zara, Fernando José ^a   Caetano, Flívio Henrique ^b   Cabrera, Aivlé Cecilia G ^c   Jaffé, Klaus ^c  

^a METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Cytochemistry; Fat body; Larva; Pachycondyla villosa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FORMICIDAE; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA VILLOSA; PONERINAE; VILLOSA;

EID: 1342312257     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769682530     Document Type: Article

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