Ultrastructural studies of the mandibular glands of the minima, media and soldier ants of Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Forel 1908) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 449-460

  Pavon, Lorena Favaro ^a   Camargo Mathias, Maria Izabel ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Mandibular gland; Pheromone; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; LIPIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYTOPLASM; MANDIBULAR GLANDS; SALIVARY GLANDS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HISTOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HYMENOPTERA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; HYMENOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 20144373423     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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