White-gutted soldiers: simplification of the digestive tube for a non-particulate diet in higher Old World termites (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Previous observations have noted that in some species of higher termites the soldier caste lacks pigmented particles in its gut and, instead, is fed worker saliva that imparts a whitish coloration to the abdomen. In order to investigate the occurrence of this trait more thoroughly, we surveyed a bro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Insectes sociaux 2017, Vol.64 (4), p.525-533
Hauptverfasser:	Scheffrahn, R. H., Bourguignon, T., Bordereau, C., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. A., Oelze, V. M., Dieguez, P., Šobotnik, J., Pascual-Garrido, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Biomedical and Life Sciences Coloration Digestive system Entomology Gastrointestinal tract Genera Isoptera Life Sciences Research Article Saliva Soldiers (insect caste) Termitidae
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