Estudo comparativo da área ocupada pelos corpos pedunculados no cérebro de duas espécies de abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)

The present study compare the size of the corpora pedunculata (mushroom bodies) of Exomalopsis aureopilosa a quasi-social specie and Apis mellifera a eusocial specie of bees. The aim was to correlate the developmental degree of such structures with the behavior complexity. The results show that the...

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Autores: Abdalla, Fábio Camargo [UNESP], Cruz-Landim, Carminda da [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/20031
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81751996000400016
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/20031
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hymenoptera
Apoidea
corpora pedunculata
glomeruli
castes
behavior
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Sumario:The present study compare the size of the corpora pedunculata (mushroom bodies) of Exomalopsis aureopilosa a quasi-social specie and Apis mellifera a eusocial specie of bees. The aim was to correlate the developmental degree of such structures with the behavior complexity. The results show that the female specimens of both species have the corpora pedunculata with same relative size. However the area occupied by the neurones cellular bodies (glomeruli) is greater in the workers of A. mellifera. In other way in E. aureopilosa the total size of the corpora pedunculata is larger in females, but the glomeruli area is relatively larger in the male.