Chemical ecology of oribatid mites III. Chemical composition of oil gland exudates from two oribatid mites, Trhypochthoniellus sp. and Trhypochthonius japonicus (Acari: Trhypochthoniidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 279-291

  Sakata, Tomoyo ^a   Shimano, Satoshi ^b   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oil glands; Opisthonotal glands; Oribatid mite; Trhypochthoniellus sp.; Trhypochthonius japonicus

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CITRAL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FARNESAL; FARNESOL; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; OIL; TERPENE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; EXUDATION; MITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; EXUDATE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FARNESOL; FORMATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MITES; MONOTERPENES; OILS; TERPENES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ASTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE; TRHYPOCHTHONIUS;

EID: 1642523302     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025882214375     Document Type: Article

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