New exocrine glands in ants: The hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Berthold Hoelldobler; Malu Obermayer; Nicola J R Plowes; Brian L. Fisher

doi:10.1007/s00114-014-1186-y

New exocrine glands in ants: The hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Berthold Hoelldobler, Malu Obermayer, Nicola J R Plowes, Brian L. Fisher

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	527-532
Number of pages	6
Journal	Naturwissenschaften
Volume	101
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1186-y
State	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

Basitarsus
Exocrine glands
Hypostoma
Melissotarsus
Rhopalomastix
Silk production

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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New exocrine glands in ants: The hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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