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Perforated plaques associated with integumental glands on the abdomen of Reticulitermes santonensis Feytaud (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Perforated plaques associated with integumental glands on the abdomen of Reticulitermes... Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.), 1994, 30 (2): 249-250. NOTES BRÈVES Perforated plaques associated with integumental glands on the abdomen of Reticulitermes santonensis Feytaud (lsoptera : Rhinotermitidae) Michel J. FAUCHEUX Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Insectes Sociaux, Université de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, F-44072 Nantes Cedex 03. The integumental glands are varied and have been carefully studied in termites : frontal, mandibular, labral, sternal, tergal, pleural and tibial-tarsal glands (Grassé, 1982). The examination with S.E.M. of the abdominal integument of the Saintonge termi­ te, Reticulitermes santonensis, bas revealed the existence of cuticular structures which do not seem to have been described before and which are not visible with a light microscope. Perforated plaques, slighty sunken in the integument, are scattered over all the abdominal sternites (fig. 1). They are less numerous on the anterior sternites (0.14 plaques per 2 2 100 µm in soldiers, n = 15) than on the posterior ones (0.31 plaques per 100 µm in sol­ diers, n = 15). On the whole, they are to be found in the lateral regions rather than in the median region of each sternite. Their shape is circular with an average diameter of 3 µm. Their surface is rippled http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) Taylor & Francis

Perforated plaques associated with integumental glands on the abdomen of Reticulitermes santonensis Feytaud (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

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Taylor & Francis
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© 1994 Société entomologique de France
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2168-6351
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10.1080/21686351.1994.12278849
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Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.), 1994, 30 (2): 249-250. NOTES BRÈVES Perforated plaques associated with integumental glands on the abdomen of Reticulitermes santonensis Feytaud (lsoptera : Rhinotermitidae) Michel J. FAUCHEUX Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Insectes Sociaux, Université de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, F-44072 Nantes Cedex 03. The integumental glands are varied and have been carefully studied in termites : frontal, mandibular, labral, sternal, tergal, pleural and tibial-tarsal glands (Grassé, 1982). The examination with S.E.M. of the abdominal integument of the Saintonge termi­ te, Reticulitermes santonensis, bas revealed the existence of cuticular structures which do not seem to have been described before and which are not visible with a light microscope. Perforated plaques, slighty sunken in the integument, are scattered over all the abdominal sternites (fig. 1). They are less numerous on the anterior sternites (0.14 plaques per 2 2 100 µm in soldiers, n = 15) than on the posterior ones (0.31 plaques per 100 µm in sol­ diers, n = 15). On the whole, they are to be found in the lateral regions rather than in the median region of each sternite. Their shape is circular with an average diameter of 3 µm. Their surface is rippled

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Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jun 30, 1994

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