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Provedor de dados: | 92
País: | Brazil
Título: | Occurrence, morphology and ultrastructure of the Dufour gland in Melipona bicolor Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)
Autores: | Abdalla,Fábio Camargo; Cruz-Landim,Carminda da.
Data: | 2004-03-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Dufour gland; Melipona bicolor; Meliponine; Morphology; Ultrastructure.
Resumo: | The occurrence, morphology and ultrastructure of the Dufour gland in Melipona bicolor Lepeletier, 1836 are presented. The Dufour gland is not present in workers. In virgin queens the gland cells show characteristics of low activity, which are described in the text. In physogastric queens the gland epithelium is higher and the cells more active than in virgin queens, showing numerous basal plasmic membrane invaginations impregnated by an electrondense material, increased apical invaginations and accumulation of substances that will be released to the gland lumen in the subcuticular space. Therefore, the data show that the Dufour gland is more developed in physogastric than in virgin queens, indicating a possible involvement of the Dufour gland in the reproduction of this species.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262004000100002
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262004000100002
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.48 n.1 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess