Ultrastructure of epidermal glands in neotenic reproductives of the termite Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

Abstract

The ultrastructure of epidermal glands in neotenic reproductives of Prorhinotermes simplex is described and their development is compared among young and old neotenics of both sexes.

Keywords

• Hanus
• Robert tel. [phone] termite
• epidermal glands
• neotenics
• secretory cells
• canal cells
• cuticle
• endoplasmatic reticulum
• microvilli