Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
Volume
24
Issue
10
Publisher
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Publication Date
3-10-1971
First Page
147
Last Page
154
Abstract
The present paper is an attempt to find correlations between the castes of the same bee species on the basis of the gross anatomy of the ventral nervous cord. Such correlation exists in the sense that the nerve cord anatomy differs from one caste to another (table I and figures). ln Apis mellifera L. the queen has a more centralized nerve cord than the workers, but in all other species studied the condition is reverse. Centralization is recognized by two factors: ganglionar fusion and cord cephalization without fusion.
Recommended Citation
Da Cruz Landim, Carminda and Höfling, José Francisco, "Estudo Comparativo Do Cordão Nervoso Ventral Nas Diferentes Castas Das Abelhas Sociais Da Família Apidae" (1971). Co. Paper 11.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_co/11