Morphology and ultrastructure of the Dufour gland in workers of social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
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The Dufour gland in workers of vespine wasps appears as an unpaired tubiform gland that opens in close proximity to the sting base. The epithelial cells that line the central reservoir are characterized by apical microvillus-like projections and deep basal inv... ...