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La glande sternale dans l'évolution des Termites

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Des différenciations glandulaires de l'épiderme au niveau de certains sternites abdominaux (glandes sternales) existent chez tous les Termites.Mastotermes darwiniensis possède une glande sur chacun des sternites 3, 4 et 5; dans les sous-familles des Stolotermitinæ, Porotermitinæ, Hodotermitinæ, la glande sternale, unique, est située sur le 4e sternite; tous les autres Termites examinés ont une glande sternale sur le 5e sternite. Ces glandes existent dans toutes les castes, mais subissent une régression chez les sexués fonctionnels, qu'ils soient imaginaux ou néoténiques.

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Glandular swellings of the epidermis in the region of some abdominal sternites (sternal glands) are always present in Termites.Mastotermes darwiniensis shows 3 glands, one on each of the 3rd, 4th and 5th sternites; in the sub-families Stolotermitinæ, Porotermitinæ and Hodotermitinæ, there is a single sternal gland on the 4th sternite; in all other Termites examined, one finds this sternal gland on the 5th sternite. These glands have been observed in every caste, but they regress in functional reproductives, both imaginal and neoteinic.

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Noirot, C., Noirot-Timothée, C. La glande sternale dans l'évolution des Termites. Insect. Soc. 12, 265–272 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223896

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