Species-specific chemical compositions of defense secretions from Parafontaria tonominea Attems and Riukiaria semicircularis semicircularis Takakuwa (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Ômura, Hisashi ^a,c   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a   Tanabe, Tsutomu ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hachiman chô   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Defense secretion of millipede; Parafontaria tonominea; Riukiaria semicircularis semicircularis; Xystodesmidae

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; PARAFONTARIA TONOMINEA; POLYDESMIDA; RIUKIARIA SEMICIRCULARIS; XYSTODESMIDAE;

EID: 0036004966     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.73     Document Type: Article

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