Defensive secretion ofTenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) |
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| Authors: | A. B. Attygalle C. L. Blankespoor J. Meinwald T. Eisner |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, New York;(2) Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, New York |
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| Abstract: | The defensive secretion ofTenebrio molitor contains a mixture of 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone andm-cresol. The phenol had not previously been detected in the secretion, although some investigators reported presence of 2-ethyl-1,4-benzoquinone as a second component. We failed to detect the latter quinone in secretion samples from three laboratory populations ofT. molitor.Paper No. 100 of the seriesDefense Mechanisms of Arthropods; No. 99 is Storey et al.,J. Chem. Ecol., 17, 687–693 (1991). |
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| Keywords: | 2-Methyl-1,4-benzoquinone m-cresol Tenebriomolitor Coleoptera Tenebrionidae defensive glands |
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