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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_019:061
  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Author: Billen, J. & Delsinne, T.
  • Year: 2014
  • Title: A novel intramandibular gland in the ant Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
  • Journal: Myrmecological News
  • Volume: 19
  • Pages: 61-64
  • Type of contribution: Original Article
  • Supplementary material: No
  • Abstract: 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.
  • Key words: Exocrine glands, mandibles, histology, Agroecomyrmecinae.
  • Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
  • ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500