Cephalic salivary glands of two species of advanced eusocial bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): morphology and secretion
Some adult eusocial bees have a pair of cephalic salivary glands (CSG) in addition to the thoracic labial or salivary gland pairs. This paper deals with variations in morphological features and secretion production of the CSG of females and males of Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 and Scaptotrigona po...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000600021 |