Relação entre o desenvolvimento dos ovários e atividade dos Corpora Allata de operárias de Frieseomelitta silvestri languida (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Regression of the lateral oviducts during the larval-adult transformation of the reproductive system ofMelipona quadrifasciata andFrieseomelitta varia

“…This difference has been observed in studies on agespecific activities performed by adult workers of various Meliponinae species (Wittmann et al, 1991;Zucchi, 1993;Yamane et al, 1995;Drumond et al, 1996) and as well as in histological analyses of the ovary of these workers (Sakagami et al, 1963;Da Cunha, 1978Da Cunha et al, 1989;Da Cunha and Campos, 1993). In this context, Melipona quadrifasciata and Frieseomelitta varia workers are extremely different.…”