Ultrastructure of posterior sternal glands of Macrotermes annandalei (Silvestri): New members of the sexual glandular set found in termites (Insecta)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 683-691

  Quennedey, André ^a   Peppuy, Alexis ^a   Courrent, Annie ^a   Robert, Alain ^a   Everaerts, Claude ^a   Bordereau, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Isoptera; Macrotermitinae; Secretory process; Sex pheromone; Tergal glands; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENT GLAND; SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; SCENT GLANDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES ANNANDALEI; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 9944265835     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10185     Document Type: Article

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