Morphological, chemical and developmental aspects of the Dufour gland in some eusocial bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Fábio Camargo Abdalla¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Carlos Campus de Sorocaba Sorocaba SP ,Brasil

关键词: Exocrine glands;    meliponines;    pheromone;    Feromônios;    glândulas exócrinas;    meliponíneos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262006000200002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Morphological, chemical and developmental aspects of the Dufour gland in some eusocial bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review. The present revision focused on the more recent data about the Dufour gland in some eusocial bees, taking in account general aspects of its morphology, secretion chemical nature, bio-synthetic pathway and development. Many functions have been attributed to this gland in eusocial bees, but none are convincing. With the new data about this gland, not only the secretion chemical pathway of the Dufour gland may be reasonable understood, as its function in some eusocial bees, especially Apis mellifera Linné, 1758, which has been extensively studied in the last years.

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