Ocorrência e morfologia de glândulas nas pernas de Centris e Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)

Franco, Aldirene Costa; Cruz-Landim, Carminda da

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000600001

Resumo

The presence of glands in insect legs is largely difunded. In bees they are present in solitary and social species. In Centris and Epicharis three different types of glandular structures were found: bag-shaped structures in males femur and tibia, unicelular glandular cells in ali segments of all leg pairs in males and females, but more developed in females, and differentiated epidermis in the basitarsus of both sexes. The tarsal gland present in the distal tarsomere of all legs of males and females are a special type of the bag-shaped structure. The nature of secretion and it use is unknow, but some morphological and stainning properties indicate a lipidic nature.

Hymenoptera; Anthophoridae; bee; glands; legs; secretion

Ocorrência e morfologia de glândulas nas pernas de Centris e Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)

Occurrence and morphology of glands in legs of Centris and Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)

Aldirene Costa Franco^I,II; Carminda da Cruz-Landim^I

^IDepartamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: cclandim@rc.unesp.br

^IIBolsista de Iniciação Científica PIBIC/CNPq/Unesp

ABSTRACT

The presence of glands in insect legs is largely difunded. In bees they are present in solitary and social species. In Centris and Epicharis three different types of glandular structures were found: bag-shaped structures in males femur and tibia, unicelular glandular cells in ali segments of all leg pairs in males and females, but more developed in females, and differentiated epidermis in the basitarsus of both sexes. The tarsal gland present in the distal tarsomere of all legs of males and females are a special type of the bag-shaped structure. The nature of secretion and it use is unknow, but some morphological and stainning properties indicate a lipidic nature.

Key words: Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae, bee, glands, legs, secretion

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BIBLIOGRAFIA

Recebido em 28.V.1998; aceito em 04.XI.1999.

ARNHART, L. 1923. Das Krallenglied der Honigbiene. Arch. Bienenk. 5: 37-86.
BILLEN, J.P.J. 1984. Morphology of tibial gland in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris. Naturwiss. 77: 234-235.
Brousse-Gaury, P. 1983. Sur l'existence d'une glande tibiale chez Lapidura riparia Pallas et Forficula auricularia L. (Insectes, Dermapteres). C.R. Acad. Sci., Ser. III, Paris, 297: 203-208.
Chauvin, R. 1960. Les substances actives sur le comportement à l'interier de la ruche. Ann. Abeille 3: 185-197.
Cruz-Landim, C; A.C. Stort; M.A.C. Cruz & E.W. Kitajima. 1965. Órgão tibial dos machos de Euglossini. Estudo ao microscópio óptico e eletrônico. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 25 (4): 323-342.
Cruz-Landim, C. & M.A.S. Cunha. 1965. Glande tarsale des abeille sans aiguillon, p.219-225. In: P.P. Grasse & M. Lüscher (Ed.). Comptes Rendus du Ve Congresse de l'Union Internationale pour l'Etude des Insectes Sociaux. Toulouse, 309p.
Cruz-Landim, C. & R.L.M. Silva de Moraes. 1994. Ultrastructural Localization of New Exocrine Glands in Legs of social Apidae (Hymenoptera) Workes. Jour. Adv. Zool. 15 (2): 60-67.
Cruz-Landim, C; R.L.M. Silva de Moraes; H.C. Salles & R.D. Reginato. 1998. Note on glands present in Meliponinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Bee Legs. Revta bras. Zool. 15 (1): 159-165.
HILLER, B. & D. Wittman. 1994. Seasonality, nesting biology and mating behavior of the oil-collecting bee Epicharis dejeanii (Anthophoridae, Centridini). Biociências, Porto Alegre, 2(1): 1-192.
Lensky, Y; P. Cassier; A. Finkel; A. Teeslshee; R. Shelensinger; C. Delome Joulie & N. Levinsohn. 1984. Le glandes tarsales de l'abeille mellifique (Apis mellifera L.): reines, ouvriéres et faux bourdons (Hymenoptera, Apidae). II. Role biologique. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. 6: 167-175.
NEFF, J.I. & B.B. SIMPSON. 1981. Oil-collecting strutures in the Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera): morphology, function and use in systematics. Jour. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54 (1): 95-123.
Patrício, E.F.L.R.A. & R.L.M. Silva de Moraes. 1995. Do the workers of the stingless bees Frieseomelitta silvestri and F. varia (Apidae, Trigonini) use their legs only for walking? Acta Microscopica, Rio de Janeiro, 4 (Suppl. A): 162.
Pedro, S.R.M. 1994. Interações entre abelhas e flores em uma área de cerrado no NE do Estado de São Paulo: Abelhas coletoras de óleo (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae). Anais Encontro Sobre Abelhas, Ribeirão Preto, 1: 243.
Pouvreau, A. 1991. Morphology and histology of tarsal glands in bumble bees of the genera Bombus Pyrobombus and Megabombus. Can. Jour. Zool. 69: 866-872.
RÊGO, M.M.C. & P.M.C. Albuquerque. 1989. Comportamento das abelhas visitantes de murici, Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth, Malpighiacea. Bol. Mus. Par. Emilio Goeldi, sér. Zool., 5 (2): 179-193.
Sazima, M. & I. Sazima. 1989. Oil-Gathering bees visiting flowers of eglandular morphs of the oil-producing Malpighiacea. Botânica Acta 102: 106-111.
Stort, A.C. & C. Cruz-Landim. 1965. Glândulas dos Apêndices locomotores do gênero Centris (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Bol. Inst. Angola 21: 5-14.
Vogel, S. 1963. Duftdrüsen im Dienste der Bestäubung: Über Bau und Funktion der Osmophoren. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Abh. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., Mainz, 1962: 599-763.
______ . 1974. Ölblumen and ölsammelnde Bienen. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Abh. Math. Naturwiss. Kl. (Mainz). Trop. Subtrop. Pflanz. 7: 1-267.
Wittmann, D. & B. Blocktein. 1995. Why males of leafcutter bees hold the females antennae with their front legs during mating. Apidologie 26: 181-195.

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[1] ARNHART, L. 1923. Das Krallenglied der Honigbiene. Arch. Bienenk. 5: 37-86.

[2] BILLEN, J.P.J. 1984. Morphology of tibial gland in the ant Crematogaster scutellaris. Naturwiss. 77: 234-235.

[3] Brousse-Gaury, P. 1983. Sur l'existence d'une glande tibiale chez Lapidura riparia Pallas et Forficula auricularia L. (Insectes, Dermapteres). C.R. Acad. Sci., Ser. III, Paris, 297: 203-208.

[4] Chauvin, R. 1960. Les substances actives sur le comportement à l'interier de la ruche. Ann. Abeille 3: 185-197.

[5] Cruz-Landim, C; A.C. Stort; M.A.C. Cruz & E.W. Kitajima. 1965. Órgão tibial dos machos de Euglossini. Estudo ao microscópio óptico e eletrônico. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 25 (4): 323-342.

[6] Cruz-Landim, C. & M.A.S. Cunha. 1965. Glande tarsale des abeille sans aiguillon, p.219-225. In: P.P. Grasse & M. Lüscher (Ed.). Comptes Rendus du Ve Congresse de l'Union Internationale pour l'Etude des Insectes Sociaux. Toulouse, 309p.

[7] Cruz-Landim, C. & R.L.M. Silva de Moraes. 1994. Ultrastructural Localization of New Exocrine Glands in Legs of social Apidae (Hymenoptera) Workes. Jour. Adv. Zool. 15 (2): 60-67.

[8] Cruz-Landim, C; R.L.M. Silva de Moraes; H.C. Salles & R.D. Reginato. 1998. Note on glands present in Meliponinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Bee Legs. Revta bras. Zool. 15 (1): 159-165.

[9] HILLER, B. & D. Wittman. 1994. Seasonality, nesting biology and mating behavior of the oil-collecting bee Epicharis dejeanii (Anthophoridae, Centridini). Biociências, Porto Alegre, 2(1): 1-192.

[10] Lensky, Y; P. Cassier; A. Finkel; A. Teeslshee; R. Shelensinger; C. Delome Joulie & N. Levinsohn. 1984. Le glandes tarsales de l'abeille mellifique (Apis mellifera L.): reines, ouvriéres et faux bourdons (Hymenoptera, Apidae). II. Role biologique. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim. 6: 167-175.

[11] NEFF, J.I. & B.B. SIMPSON. 1981. Oil-collecting strutures in the Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera): morphology, function and use in systematics. Jour. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54 (1): 95-123.

[12] Patrício, E.F.L.R.A. & R.L.M. Silva de Moraes. 1995. Do the workers of the stingless bees Frieseomelitta silvestri and F. varia (Apidae, Trigonini) use their legs only for walking? Acta Microscopica, Rio de Janeiro, 4 (Suppl. A): 162.

[13] Pedro, S.R.M. 1994. Interações entre abelhas e flores em uma área de cerrado no NE do Estado de São Paulo: Abelhas coletoras de óleo (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae). Anais Encontro Sobre Abelhas, Ribeirão Preto, 1: 243.

[14] Pouvreau, A. 1991. Morphology and histology of tarsal glands in bumble bees of the genera Bombus Pyrobombus and Megabombus. Can. Jour. Zool. 69: 866-872.

[15] RÊGO, M.M.C. & P.M.C. Albuquerque. 1989. Comportamento das abelhas visitantes de murici, Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth, Malpighiacea. Bol. Mus. Par. Emilio Goeldi, sér. Zool., 5 (2): 179-193.

[16] Sazima, M. & I. Sazima. 1989. Oil-Gathering bees visiting flowers of eglandular morphs of the oil-producing Malpighiacea. Botânica Acta 102: 106-111.

[17] Stort, A.C. & C. Cruz-Landim. 1965. Glândulas dos Apêndices locomotores do gênero Centris (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Bol. Inst. Angola 21: 5-14.

[18] Vogel, S. 1963. Duftdrüsen im Dienste der Bestäubung: Über Bau und Funktion der Osmophoren. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Abh. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., Mainz, 1962: 599-763.

[19] ______ . 1974. Ölblumen and ölsammelnde Bienen. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Abh. Math. Naturwiss. Kl. (Mainz). Trop. Subtrop. Pflanz. 7: 1-267.

[20] Wittmann, D. & B. Blocktein. 1995. Why males of leafcutter bees hold the females antennae with their front legs during mating. Apidologie 26: 181-195.

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