THE LEG EXOCRINE SYSTEM IN SERRITERMES-SERRIFER (HAGEN, 1858), PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS (ISOPTERA, SERRITERMITIDAE

Costaleonardo, A. M.

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Title:

THE LEG EXOCRINE SYSTEM IN SERRITERMES-SERRIFER (HAGEN, 1858), PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS (ISOPTERA, SERRITERMITIDAE

Author(s):

Costaleonardo, A. M.

Institution:

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

ISSN:

0020-1812

Abstract:

The leg exocrine gland was examined in two species of Neotropical termites. Scanning microscopy studies showed a set of pores on the ventral surface of the first and second tarsomeres in all legs of Serritermes serrifer. In Heterotermes tenuis these pores are present on a sunken plate in all castes. To date, this gland has been observed only in Rhinotermitid species. The presence of leg exocrine gland provides additional evidence supporting a close phylogenetic relationship between the Serritermitidae and Rhinotermitidae.

Issue Date:

1-Jan-1994

Citation:

Insectes Sociaux. Basel: Birkhauser Verlag Ag, v. 41, n. 1, p. 111-114, 1994.

Time Duration:

111-114

Publisher:

Birkhauser Verlag Ag

Keywords:

SERRITERMES-SERRIFER
SERRITERMITIDAE
LEG EXOCRINE GLAND
SCANNING MICROSCOPY
PHYLOGENY

Source:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01240578

URI:

Access Rights:

Acesso restrito

Type:

outro

Source:

http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/32338

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