Anatomy of the frontal gland and ultramorphology of the frontal tube in the soldier caste of species of nasutitermitinae (isoptera, termitidae)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 913-918

  Santos, Conceicao A ^a   Costa Leonardo, Ana M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Defense; Exocrine gland; Morphology; Nasute; Termites

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVES STUDIES; DEFENSE; DIVISION OF LABOR; EXOCRINE GLANDS; NASUTE; SOCIAL INSECTS; SYNTERMES NANUS; TERMITE; TERMITE SPECIES; ULTRAMORPHOLOGY;

NETWORK SECURITY;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EXOCRINE GLAND; HISTOLOGY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT SOCIETY; ISOPTERA; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CENTROPOMUS ROBALITO; CONSTRICTOTERMES CYPHERGASTER; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; NANUS; NASUS; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; NASUTITERMITINAE; SYNTERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 33750716092     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20365     Document Type: Article

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