Glandular epithelium as a possible source of a fertility signal in Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queens.

The wax layer covering the insect's cuticle plays an important protective role, as for example, uncontrolled water loss. In social insects, wax production is well-known in some bees that use it for nest building. Curiously, mated-fertile queens of the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum produce an uncom...

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Autores principales: Riviane Rodigues da Hora, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Carolina Gonçalves dos Santos, José Eduardo Serrão
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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