Title: | Histology and ultrastructure of pheromone secreting glands in males of the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis |
Author(s): | Lane RP; Bernardes Dde S; |
Address: | "Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K" |
DOI: | 10.1080/00034983.1990.11812433 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0003-4983 (Print) 0003-4983 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Well-defined pheromone-producing glands are present on the third and fourth abdominal segments of male Lutzomyia longipalpis. Each gland consists of numerous large secretory cells. The individual cells have a complicated 'end-apparatus' and central reservoir which are connected directly to the exterior via a small chitinized duct. This is the first ultrastructural study of pheromone secreting cells of Diptera |
Keywords: | "Animals Epithelium/ultrastructure Exocrine Glands/metabolism/ultrastructure Male Microscopy, Electron Mitochondria/ultrastructure Pheromones/*metabolism Psychodidae/*ultrastructure Vacuoles/ultrastructure;" |
Notes: | "MedlineLane, R P Bernardes, D de S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 1990/02/01 Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1990 Feb; 84(1):53-61. doi: 10.1080/00034983.1990.11812433" |