MORPHOLOGY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SALIVARY RES- ERVOIR IN THE PRAYING MANTIDS (DICTYOPTERA: MANTIDAE)

U. KARUPPANAN and M. MOHANASUNDARAM

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A01831

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MORPHOLOGY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SALIVARY RES- ERVOIR IN THE PRAYING MANTIDS (DICTYOPTERA: MANTIDAE)

U. KARUPPANAN and M. MOHANASUNDARAM

Volume : 78

Issue: Jan-apr

Pages: 69 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A01831

Published: August 16, 2023

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Abstract

The size of the reservoir of salivary gland and length of the duct in praying mantis were directly related to the size and length of pro and meso thoracic segments respectively. Females had larger salivary gland enabling the insect to consume more pray than males.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A01831

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69 - 71

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Praying Mantids Salivary gland Morphology

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