POST-EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAMANDIBULAR GLANDS OF FRIESELLA SCHROTTKYI (FRIESE, 1900) (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) WORKERS
ABSTRACT Exocrine glands play important role in social organization of insects, such as caste and inter-caste differentiation. Due their functional and structural plasticity, morphological studies on such glands contribute to better understanding the biology of social bees. Therefore, the aim of the...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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Series: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492017002500321&lng=en&tlng=en |