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- Metapleural_gland abstract "Metapleural glands (also called metasternal or metathoracic glands) are secretory glands that are unique to ants and basal in the evolutionary history of ants. They are responsible for the production of an antibiotic fluid that then collects in a reservoir on the posterior of the ant's alitrunk. These reservoirs are also referred to as the bulla and vary in size between ant species and also between castes of the same species.From the bulla, ants can groom the secretion onto the surface of their exoskeleton. This helps to prevent the growth of bacteria and fungal spores on the ants and inside their nest.Though considered an important component in an ants immunity against parasites, some ant species have lost the gland during their evolution. These losses correlate with ants that have a 'weaving' lifestyle, such as ants in the genus Oecophylla, Camponotus and Polyrhachis. It was originally suggested that because this weaving lifestyle also tended to involve an arboreal lifestyle that the parasite pressure above ground was not as great as for terrestrial ants, resulting in a reduced selective pressure to keep this antibiotic gland. Recent work suggests instead that these ants may just utilise other antiparasite defences such as increased grooming and venom.Most male ants are not known to have metapleural glands. It is believed that they benefit from the shared secretions of other ant workers and do not need any themselves. Additionally, slave-making ants do not have metapleural glands though the slave species they use do and it is these ants that groom the slavemakers and their brood.".
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- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Ant.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Antibiotics.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Bacteria.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Carpenter_ant.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Category:Arthropod_glands.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Category:Insect_anatomy.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Category:Myrmecology.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Evolutionary_pressure.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Exoskeleton.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink File:Scheme_ant_worker_anatomy-en.svg.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Fungus.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Immunity_(medical).
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Mesosoma.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Polyrhachis.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Slave-making_ant.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLink Weaver_ant.
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageWikiLinkText "metapleural gland".
- Metapleural_gland wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Metapleural_gland subject Category:Arthropod_glands.
- Metapleural_gland subject Category:Insect_anatomy.
- Metapleural_gland subject Category:Myrmecology.
- Metapleural_gland hypernym Glands.
- Metapleural_gland type AnatomicalStructure.
- Metapleural_gland comment "Metapleural glands (also called metasternal or metathoracic glands) are secretory glands that are unique to ants and basal in the evolutionary history of ants. They are responsible for the production of an antibiotic fluid that then collects in a reservoir on the posterior of the ant's alitrunk.".
- Metapleural_gland label "Metapleural gland".
- Metapleural_gland sameAs Q6823157.
- Metapleural_gland sameAs m.07zxcc.
- Metapleural_gland sameAs Метаплевральная_железа.
- Metapleural_gland sameAs Metapleural_gland.
- Metapleural_gland sameAs Q6823157.
- Metapleural_gland wasDerivedFrom Metapleural_gland?oldid=704243612.
- Metapleural_gland depiction Scheme_ant_worker_anatomy-en.svg.
- Metapleural_gland isPrimaryTopicOf Metapleural_gland.