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Zoological Research
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 2095-8137
Vol. 30, No. 1, 2009, pp. 65-73
Bioline Code: zr09012
Full paper language: Chinese
Document type: Research Article
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Zoological Research, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2009, pp. 65-73

 en Micromorphology and Maturation of the Yellow Granules in the Hornet Gastral Cuticle
Plotkin, Marian; Volynchik, Stanislav; Barkay, Zahava; Bergman, David J. & Ishay, Jacob S.

Abstract

The yellow granules in the gastral cuticle of the Oriental hornet Vespa orientalis (Hymenoptera, Vespinae) are located in yellow stripes. In the present study, we focus on the micromorphology and formation of the yellow granules from their inception to their spread in the regions which are destined to acquire a yellow color. The cuticle was observed with several methods of electron microscopy. The results showed that the yellow granules comprise a layer which is 40-45 µm thick, within the total cuticular thickness of 40−45 µm. In the mentioned regions one can see, from above, many apertures of about 0.5 µm in diameter which extends into a peripheral photoreceptor cell. In each yellow granule, one discerns a myoid envelope inside which there are 9 fibrils arranged in a circle. Yellow granules maturation process involves infiltration of canals that give rise to the incipient ball-shaped primary granules which increase in number (as a result of continues budding off the walls of a canal) as the cuticle matures and transform into secondary barrel shaped granules, becoming elongated and then splitting into shorter barrels that fill up the entire area. Preliminary examinations have suggested liver-like function activity within the layer of yellow granules.

Keywords
Micromorphology; Cuticle; Yellow granules; Peripheral photoreceptor; Oriental hornet Vespa orientalis

 
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