Comparison of oligosaccharide compositions in male nuptial secretions of three cockroach species of the genus Blattella

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2183-2187

  Kugimiya, Soichi ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^a   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Blattella lituricollis; Blattella nipponica; German cockroach; Male courtship pheromone; Oligosaccharides; Phagostimulant; Tergal gland

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOGLUCOSYL TREHALOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COCKROACH; COURTSHIP; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COCKROACHES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ARACHNIDA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLA LITURICOLLIS; BLATTELLA NIPPONICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141455274     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025675231785     Document Type: Article

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