Variation on ovariole number in meliponinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queen's ovaries, with comments on ovary development and caste differentiation
The presente paper concerns the variation of the number of ovariole per ovary in the females of some Meliponinae species. In workers, the number of ovarioles was always of 4 per ovary, but in some species the queens had avariable number of ovarioles, from 4 to 15 perovary (asinPlebeiaremota, Nannotr...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1997 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/211652 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/211652 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | ovariole number stingless bees queen worker |
| Resumo: | The presente paper concerns the variation of the number of ovariole per ovary in the females of some Meliponinae species. In workers, the number of ovarioles was always of 4 per ovary, but in some species the queens had avariable number of ovarioles, from 4 to 15 perovary (asinPlebeiaremota, Nannotrigona testaceicomis, Trigonaspinipes, Schwarziana quadripunctata. The variation of the number of ovarioles was also found in the same species from individual to individual and among the ovaries of a single individual |
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