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Bert Hölldobler1, Malu Obermayer, Nicola J R Plowes, Brian L Fisher.
Abstract
Fisher and Robertson (Insect Soc 46: 78-83, 1999) discovered the production of silk-like secretions emerging from slit-shaped openings along the anterior margin of the ventral hypostoma of Melissotarsus ant workers. The current histological study describes a hitherto unknown hypostomal gland from which this silk-like substance originates. In addition, this study describes a new basitarsal gland in the three pairs of legs of Melissotarsus workers.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24903680 DOI： 10.1007/s00114-014-1186-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Naturwissenschaften ISSN： 0028-1042