Chemistry of Defensive Secretions of Ozaenine and Paussine Bombardier Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Year: 1979
Type: article
Abstract: 1,4-Benzoquinones and a hydrocarbon are identified from the defensive secretions of six ozaenine and one paussine species.In previous papers from our laboratories we dealt with the chemistrv, behavior, and predator-prey relations of bombardier beetles, including spe¬ cies of Biachinini, Metriini, Ozaenini, and Paussini (Aneshansley et al. 1969-Eisner 1958;Eisner and Dean 1976;Eisner et al. 1977).We now have had occasion to study a number of additional live ozaenines, as well as one paussine previously available to us only in moribund condition.We here report on the chemistry of the defensive secretions of these beet les.
Source: The Coleopterists Bulletin
DOI: 10.5962/p.371729
Language: English
Subfield: Cancer Research
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: National Institutes of Health
OpenAlex ID: W4399816990