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The respiratory system ofDorylus labiatus Shuck. (♂) is described and illustrated. The classification of spiracles based on the shape of the muscles is confirmed by these findings. The results are compared with those of other Hymenoptera. It is doubtless that there exists a close relationship between the development of number and/or size of air-sacs and the size of the body or its parts. So far as adult Hymenoptera are concerned it appears that external appearance influences the development of internal tracheal system.
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Communicated by Prof. B. R. Seshachar,f.a.sc.
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Tonapi, G.T. A note on the respiratory system of the male ofDorylus labiatus Shuck. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 49, 87–93 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051636
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051636