Dufour glands in the hymenopterans (Apidae, Formicidae, Vespidae): a review
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Dufour glands in the hymenopterans (Apidae, Formicidae, Vespidae): a review.
Associated to the sting apparatus of the aculeate hymenopterans is found the poison gland, originated from the glands associated to the ovipositor of the non-aculeate hymenopterans and the less derived Dufour gland, homologue of the coletterial gland of other insects, and found in all hymenopteran females. The Dufour gland functions is mostly uncertain in hymenopterans but in ants it is involve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Biologia
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0034-7108
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71082001000100013