Cuticular hydrocarbons as chemotaxonomic characters of pine engraver beetles (Ips spp.) in the grandicollis subgeneric group

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1053-1099

  Page, Marion ^a   Nelson, Lori J ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^b   Seybold, Steven J ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Evolution; Ips; Mass spectrometry; Methyl branched hydrocarbons; Orthotomicus; Pinus; Scolytidae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; IPS; IPS CONFUSUS; IPS CRIBRICOLLIS; IPS GRANDICOLLIS; IPS HOPPINGI; IPS LATIDENS; IPS LECONTEI; IPS MONTANUS; IPS PARACONFUSUS; IPS PINI; LATIDENS; ORTHOTOMICUS; ORTHOTOMICUS CAELATUS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0030941912     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006388.92425.ec     Document Type: Article

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