Morphology and ultrastructure of the pro- and postpharyngeal glands in workers of Pachycondyla sennaarensis

The pro- and postpharyngeal glands of Brachyponera sennaarensis both appear as globular formations at a general anatomical level. However, only for the propharyngeal gland do these formations correspond with spherical secretory cells with diameters of 30-40 µm. For the lobed postpharyngeal gland, i...

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Main Authors: Johan Billen, Mohammed Saled Al-Khalifa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2015-06-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/730