The pretarsal footprint gland of the ant Amblyopone reclinata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and its role in nestmate recruitment

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-116

  Billen, Johan ^a   Thijs, Benoît ^a   Ito, Fuminori ^b   Gobin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyopone reclinata; Ants; Footprint gland; Morphology; Pretarsus; Recruitment; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AMBLYOPONE RECLINATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPIDERMIS; EXOCRINE GLAND; FOOTPRINT GLAND; HINDLIMB; HYMENOPTERA; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NEST PREDATION; NONHUMAN; PREY; REFLEX RECRUITMENT;

AMBLYOPONE; AMBLYOPONE RECLINATA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 19444384957     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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