Year: 1977
Type: article
Abstract: The secretion product ejected from the defence glands of the whip-scorpion Typopeltis crucifer was studied by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The fluid consists of 86% acetic acid, 12% water and 2% caprylic acid. This comes very close to the secretion product of the American whip-scorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus.
Source: Acta Arachnologica
DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.27.53
Authors: Seiichi YOGI, Joachim HAUPT
Institutions: University of the Ryukyus, Freie Universität Berlin
Language: German
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2034478000