Jones R G, Davis W L, Hung A C, Vinson S B
Am J Anat. 1978 Apr;151(4):603-10. doi: 10.1002/aja.1001510411.
The fine structure of the insemination-induced flight muscle degeneration (histolysis) in the queen fire ant (Solenopsis spp.) has been investigated. Within 2 hours post-insemination, degenerative changes are detectable in the most peripheral fasciculi of the fibrillar flight muscle. Histolysis proceeds internally with time. Myofibril (sarcomere) dissolution begins with myofilament breakdown and continues until only free Z-line material remains. The latter subsequently disappears leaving, at the terminal stages, only nuclei, lamellar bodies (myelin figures), and tracheoles as residual myoid elements. Lysosomes and/or phagocytes do not appear to play a primary role in the initiation and continuance of this process.
对红火蚁（火蚁属）受精诱导的飞行肌退化（组织溶解）的精细结构进行了研究。受精后2小时内，在纤维状飞行肌最外围的肌束中可检测到退行性变化。组织溶解随时间向内部发展。肌原纤维（肌节）溶解始于肌丝断裂，并持续进行，直到仅剩下游离的Z线物质。后者随后消失，在末期仅留下细胞核、板层小体（髓鞘样结构）和气管作为残余的肌样成分。溶酶体和/或吞噬细胞似乎在这一过程的起始和持续过程中不发挥主要作用。
