Exocrine glands of the ant Myrmoteras iriodum
Exocrine glands of the ant Myrmoteras iriodum
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Myrmoteras iriodum 蚂蚁的外分泌腺
DOI：
10.1111/ens.12107
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Fuminori Ito
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作者：
Johan Billen;Tine Mandonx;Rosli Hashim;Fuminori Ito
本文描述了蚁蛾工蚁九种主要外分泌腺的形态特征。伸长的下颌骨显示沿着其整个长度有明显的下颌内腺，其中含有1类和3类分泌细胞。下颌腺的分泌细胞显示出一种特殊的外观，具有分支的末端装置，这在蚂蚁中是不寻常的。其他主要腺体（前咽腺和后咽腺、颊下腺、唇腺、后胸膜腺、毒液腺和杜福腺）显示出与蚁科蚂蚁共同的特征。这些腺体的精确功能还不能通过实验证明，要澄清这一点将取决于未来这些神秘蚂蚁的活体材料的可用性。
This paper describes the morphological characteristics of nine major exocrine glands in workers of the formicine antMyrmoteras 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.