2001
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71082001000100013
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Dufour glands in the hymenopterans (Apidae, Formicidae, Vespidae): a review

Abstract: Rev. Brasil. Biol., 61(1) (With 1 figure) ABSTRACT Associated to the sting apparatus of the aculeate hymenopterans is found the poison gland, originated from the glands associated to the ovipositor of the non-aculeate hymenopterans and the less derived Dufour gland, homologue of the coletterial gland of other insects, and found in all hymenopteran females. The Dufour gland functions is mostly uncertain in hymenopterans but in ants it is involved with communication and defense and in non social bees with the ne… Show more

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“…1), and is believed to be a homologue of the colleterial gland of other insects, i.e. an accessory reproductive gland (Carlet 1884, Maschwitz and Kloft 1971, Hermann 1969, Hermann and Blum 1967a, 1967b, Abdalla and Cruz-Landim 2001. The sting apparatus in Hymenoptera is ectodermal in origin and arises as a modification of the female reproductive system, as evidenced from developmental ontogeny.…”
Section: Development and Structurementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…1), and is believed to be a homologue of the colleterial gland of other insects, i.e. an accessory reproductive gland (Carlet 1884, Maschwitz and Kloft 1971, Hermann 1969, Hermann and Blum 1967a, 1967b, Abdalla and Cruz-Landim 2001. The sting apparatus in Hymenoptera is ectodermal in origin and arises as a modification of the female reproductive system, as evidenced from developmental ontogeny.…”
Section: Development and Structurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Branch lengths do not have any significance. 1967a, 1967b, Abdalla and Cruz-Landim 2001, the ancestral function of the gland could be similar to roles performed by the colleterial gland in other insects, like forming a protective casing (ootheca) over the eggs, or producing cementing material for attaching eggs to the substrate (Brunet et al 1952). Colleterial glands in a moth (Lepidoptera, a sister clade of Hymenoptera) have been found to function in attaching eggs to leaves of plants (Chaudhuri and Sinha 1994).…”
Section: Functionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, the results suggest, that the insemination process or fluid volume is responsible for stimulating these early post-mating changes in honeybee queens. In all aculeate hymenopteran females the poison gland and the Dufour gland is associated with the sting apparatus (Abdalla and Cruz-Landim, 2001). Secretion from the Dufour gland is caste-regulated.…”
Section: Interactions Between Queens and Worker Beesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A sua secreção desempenha inúmeras funções nas abelhas, as quais dependem das necessidades ecológicas ou adaptativas relacionadas à reprodução da espécie (Hefetz 1987, Abdalla & Cruz-Landim 2001c.…”
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“…Já nas abelhas solitárias que constroem ninhos aéreos, a secreção da glândula funciona como elemento aglutinador para a construção do ninho. Também nas abelhas solitárias e quasi-sociais a secreção serve para marcar a entrada do ninho, deixar trilhas de cheiro e também como feromônio de atração sexual (Hefetz 1987, Abdalla & Cruz-Landim 2001c.…”
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