| Title |
New exocrine glands in ants: the hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Science of Nature, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00114-014-1186-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bert Hölldobler, Malu Obermayer, Nicola J. R. Plowes, Brian L. Fisher |
| Abstract |
Fisher and Robertson (Insect Soc 46: 78-83, 1999) discovered the production of silk-like secretions emerging from slit-shaped openings along the anterior margin of the ventral hypostoma of Melissotarsus ant workers. The current histological study describes a hitherto unknown hypostomal gland from which this silk-like substance originates. In addition, this study describes a new basitarsal gland in the three pairs of legs of Melissotarsus workers. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 2 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 24% |
| Other | 3 | 18% |
| Professor | 2 | 12% |
| Researcher | 2 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 18% |
| Unknown | 2 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 59% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 12% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 24% |
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