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ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 18, 期 2, 页码 167-173出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ens.12107
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Formicidae; intramandibular gland; mandibular gland; metapleural gland; venom gland
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- JSPS [24405010]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24405010] Funding Source: KAKEN
This paper describes the morphological characteristics of nine major exocrine glands in workers of the formicine ant Myrmoteras iriodum. The elongate mandibles reveal along their entire length a conspicuous intramandibular gland, which contains both class-1 and class-3 secretory cells. The secretory cells of the mandibular glands show a peculiar appearance, with a branched end apparatus, which is unusual for ants. The other major glands (pro- and postpharyngeal gland, infrabuccal cavity gland, labial gland, metapleural gland, venom gland and Dufour gland) show common features for formicine ants. The precise function of the glands could not yet be experimentally demonstrated, and to clarify this will depend on the availability of live material of these enigmatic ants in future.
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