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| Provedor de dados: |
Iheringia, Sér. Zool.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Comparative study of wax glands in four Meliponini bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) producing different quantities of wax
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| Autores: |
Cavalcante,Vagner Melo
Oliveira,Vagner Tadeu Paes de
Cruz-Landim,Carminda da
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| Data: |
2000-11-01
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| Ano: |
2000
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| Palavras-chave: |
Stingless bees
Wax glands
Development
Wax production
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| Resumo: |
The developmental degree of the wax glands was compared in four Meliponini bees, that produce different quantities of wax. The histological data and height average of the wax epithelium during the time in which the maximum production of wax is expected, are in accordance with the rates of wax produced by the species. In Lestrimelitta limao (Smith, 1863) a species which has cleptobiotic habits, and frequently rob wax from the attacked colonies, the height of wax epithelium was the lowest among the studied species. The cells seem to show an abnormal vacuolated cytoplasm, in the phase in which they would be producing wax.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212000000200010
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| Editor: |
Museu de Ciências Naturais
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0073-47212000000200010
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Iheringia. Série Zoologia n.89 2000
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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