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1. Venom and Dufour's glands of the emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Sphecidae): Structural and biochemical aspects

Author:
Werner Gnatzy; Jan Michels; Walter Volknandt; Stephan Goller; Stefan Schulz
Source:
Arthropod structure & development 2015 v.44 no.5 pp. 491-507
ISSN:
1467-8039
Subject:
4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; Ampulex compressa; Dufour's gland; alkadienes; alkanes; bladder; droplets; epithelium; glycoproteins; insects; lipid content; lipids; microvilli; muscle fibers; polypeptides; secretion; staining; striated muscle; venoms; volatile compounds
Abstract:
... The digger wasp species Ampulex compressa produces its venom in two branched gland tubules. They terminate in a short common duct, which is bifurcated at its proximal end. One leg is linked with the venom reservoir, the other one extends to the ductus venatus. Each venom gland tubule possesses, over its entire length, a cuticle-lined central duct. Around this duct densely packed class 3 gland unit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.asd.2015.08.008