Ultramorphology of the Digestive Tract of Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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dc.contributor.authorSolis, D. R. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCaetano, Flávio Henrique [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorYabuki, A. T. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMoretti, T. C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBueno, O. C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:52:59Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:52:59Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe digestive tract of ants is basically similar to that of other hymenopterans. Nevertheless, there are regions that vary considerably, and this could be used in the taxonomy of subfamilies and genera. Herein, we have morphologically described the digestive tract of Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Five queens and ten workers had their digestive tracts dissected and prepared for SEM analyses. It proved to be very similar to the digestive tract of Camponotus (Mayr) ants, except for the number of Malpighian tubules and rectal pads. Workers of P. longicornis have six tubules arranged in a single row and their queens presented eighteen tubules arranged in two rows. The number of tubules also varies according to the size of the specimens and ant species, although there seems to be no pattern to it. In the rectum, we found two rectal pads, a number different from that usually found in other Formicinae (six rectal pads). It seems that this number might be related to an ongoing process of general reduction of size and number of these pads. The obtained results may contribute to taxonomy and feeding behaviour studies.en
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Biol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Parasitol, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Biol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Parasitol, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 130283/2004-5
dc.format.extent51-59
dc.identifier.citationSociobiology. Chico: California State Univ, v. 53, n. 1, p. 51-59, 2009.
dc.identifier.issn0361-6525
dc.identifier.lattes4396826019535898
dc.identifier.lattes1050709055776428
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/18904
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000270860100005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCalifornia State University
dc.relation.ispartofSociobiology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.604
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,396
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dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectInsectaen
dc.subjectFormicinaeen
dc.subjectcrazy anten
dc.subjectultramorphologyen
dc.subjectdigestive tracten
dc.titleUltramorphology of the Digestive Tract of Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.csuchico.edu/biol/Sociobiology/sociobiologyindex.html
dcterms.rightsHolderCalifornia State Univ
unesp.author.lattes4396826019535898
unesp.author.lattes1050709055776428
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-2243-5609[4]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt

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