DEGRADATION OF RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) YOLK SPHERES

Authors
BA AS PHILLIPS SA
Citation
As. Ba et Sa. Phillips, DEGRADATION OF RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) YOLK SPHERES, The Florida entomologist, 78(3), 1995, pp. 463-466
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
463 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1995)78:3<463:DORIFA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Transmission electron microscopy reveals that the eggs of the red impo rted fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, contain yolk spheres that are evenly distributed throughout the center of the egg. Yolk degradation occurs sequentially as evidenced by the simultaneous observation of t hree stages of yolk platelet degradation within the eggs.