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The Skeletomuscular System of the Mesosoma of Formica rufa Workers (Hymenoptera...
Aibekova, Lazzat; Boudinot, Brendon E; Georg Beutel, Rolf; Richter, Adrian; Keller, Roberto A; Hita-Garcia, Francisco; Economo, Evan PThe mesosoma is the power core of the ant, containing critical structural and muscular elements for the movement of the head, legs, and metasoma. It has been hypothesized that adaptation to ground locomotion and the loss of flight led to the substantial rearrangements in the mesosoma in worker ants and that it is likely the ant mesosoma has undergone functional modifications as ants diversified into different e...
Date: 2022
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa