TY  - JOUR
AU  - Billen, J.
AU  - Delsinne, T.
T1  - A novel intramandibular gland in the ant Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2014
DA  - 2014
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_019:061
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_019:061
SP  - 61-64
KW  - Exocrine glands, mandibles, histology, Agroecomyrmecinae.
AB  - The mandibles of Tatuidris tatusia workers are completely filled with glandular cells that represent a novel kind of intramandibular gland that has not been found in ants so far. Whereas the known intramandibular glands in ants are either epithelial glands of class-1, or scattered class-3 cells that open through equally scattered pores on the mandibular surface, the ducts of the numerous class-3 secretory cells of Tatuidris all converge to open through a conspicuous sieve plate at the proximal ventral side near the inner margin of each mandible.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 19