Spray mechanism of the most primitive bombardier beetle (Metrius contractus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1265-1275

  Eisner, Thomas ^a   Aneshansley, Daniel J ^a   Eisner, Maria ^a   Attygalle, Athula B ^a   Alsop, David W ^b   Meinwald, Jerrold ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzoquinone; Bombardier beetle; Carabidae; Chemical defence; Coleoptera; Evolution; Hydrocarbon; Metrius contractus

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; EXOCRINE GLAND; HISTOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZOQUINONES; EVOLUTION; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; QUINONES;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; METRIUS CONTRACTUS;

EID: 0034071941     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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