Morphological features and occurrence of degenerative characteristics in the hypopharyngeal glands of the paper wasp Polistes versicolor (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 742-747

  Britto, Fábio Barros ^a   Caetano, Flávio Henrique ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell death; Histochemistry; Histology; Hymenoptera; Hypopharyngeal glands; Polistes versicolor; Salivary system; Wasps

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOPHARYNGEAL GLANDS; POLISTES VERSICOLOR; SALIVARY SYSTEM; WASPS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CELLS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHARYNX; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION; SECRETORY VESICLE; STAINING; WASP;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HYPOPHARYNX; NECROSIS; SECRETORY VESICLES; STAINING AND LABELING; WASPS;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES VERSICOLOR; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33746862932     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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