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

Arthropod Structure & Development, 2003
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. Secretory cells forming the epidermal gland are attached to the cuticle all over the body.
J, Sobotnik K, F, Weyda, R, Hanus
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High juvenile hormone titre and abdominal activation of JH signalling may induce reproduction of termite neotenics

Insect Molecular Biology, 2015
AbstractTermite castes are a key example of polyphenism, in which reproductive division of labour is clearly seen in colonies. The reproductive castes in termites include primary and neotenic reproductives; primary reproductives found a new colony whereas neotenics succeed them in the reproductive role when the primary reproductives die or become ...
R, Saiki   +4 more
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First record of intersex in neotenic reproductives of the termite Cryptotermes brevis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Entomological Science, 2017
AbstractDrywood termites of the family Kalotermitidae present a very flexible developmental pattern, in which pseudergates are totipotent and may become reproductives. In this study, three colonies of Cryptotermes brevis headed by neotenic reproductives were used: (i) colony A, with a primary king and a neotenic queen; (ii) colony B, with a primary ...
Laranjo, Lara Teixeira   +1 more
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Changes in juvenile hormone synthesis in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes during development of soldiers and neotenic reproductives from groups of isolated workers

Journal of Insect Physiology, 2008
Workers of Reticulitermes flavipes were isolated in groups of increasing numbers to determine the in vitro rates of juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis by individual pairs of corpora allata (CA) as other castes differentiated. Only neotenic reproductives developed in groups of 12.
Karen L, Elliott, Barbara, Stay
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Juvenile hormone synthesis as related to egg development in neotenic reproductives of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes, with observations on urates in the fat body

General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2007
The relationship between juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis and egg development, which is well documented in cockroaches, is much less studied in their close relatives, the termites. In this study of neotenic reproductives of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes, in vitro rates of juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis by corpora allata (CA) are ...
Karen L, Elliott, Barbara, Stay
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The influence of group size on ovarian development in adult and neotenic reproductives of the termiteZootermopsis angusticollis(Hagen) (Hodotermitidae)

International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction, 1979
Termite imagines of Zootermopsis angusticollis (Hagen), while still in the colony as winged individuals, do not show ovary development, although vitellogenin is present in the blood at low levels. When removed from the colony, artificially dealated, and paired, vitellogenin levels rise: subsequently ovaries develop resulting in oviposition ...
S. L.W. GREENBERG, A. M. STUART
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Termite colony ontogeny: supplemental data in the long-term assessment of reproductive lifespan, female neotenic production and colony size in Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research, 2007
AbstractReticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) colonies established by field-collected alates were reared in the laboratory for 11 years. Weights of members of each caste and full-colony censuses were performed regularly; the most recent 2003–2004 data are reported.
C E, Long, B L, Thorne, N L, Breisch
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