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Arthropod Struct Dev

Title:		"The clypeal gland: a new exocrine gland in termite imagoes (Isoptera: Serritermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae)"
Author(s):		Krizkova B; Bourguignon T; Vytiskova B; Sobotnik J;
Address:		"Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543 Singapore, Singapore. Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: sobotnik@fld.czu.cz"
Journal Title:		Arthropod Struct Dev
Year:		2014
Volume:		20141002
Issue:		6
Page Number:		537 - 542
DOI:		10.1016/j.asd.2014.09.004
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-5495 (Electronic) 1467-8039 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Social insects possess a rich set of exocrine organs producing diverse pheromones and defensive compounds. This is especially true for termite imagoes, which are equipped with several glands producing, among others, sex pheromones and defensive compounds protecting imagoes during the dispersal flight and colony foundation. Here, we describe the clypeal gland, a new termite exocrine organ occurring in the labro-clypeal region of imagoes of most Rhinotermitidae, Serritermitidae and Termitidae species. The clypeal gland of Coptotermes testaceus consists of class 1 (modified epidermal cell) and class 3 (bicellular gland unit) secretory cells. Ultrastructural features suggest that the gland secretes volatile compounds and proteins, probably after starting the reproduction. One peculiar feature of the gland is the presence of multiple secretory canals in a single canal cell, a feature never observed before in other insect glands. Although the function of the gland remains unknown, we hypothesize that it could produce secretion signalling the presence of functional reproductives or their need to be fed"
Keywords:		"Animals Exocrine Glands/cytology/ultrastructure Female Isoptera/cytology/*ultrastructure Male Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Species Specificity Clypeus Exocrine organ Gland Isoptera Labrum Termite Termitoidea;"
Notes:		"MedlineKrizkova, Barbora Bourguignon, Thomas Vytiskova, Blahoslava Sobotnik, Jan eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2014/10/05 Arthropod Struct Dev. 2014 Nov; 43(6):537-42. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2014.09.004. Epub 2014 Oct 2"