Chemical defense of the ladybird beetle Epilachna paenulata

Chemoecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 179-184

  Camarano, Soledad ^a   González, Andrés ^a   Rossini, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Chemical defenses; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Epilachna paenulata; Ontogenetic variation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EPILACHNA PAENULATA; FORMICIDAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 33751215119     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-006-0342-z     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Al Abassi S, Birkett MA, Pettersson, Pickett JA & Woodcock CM (1998) Ladybird beetle odour identified and found to be responsible for attraction between adults. Cell Mol Life Science 54: 876-879
2. Attygalle AB, Shang-Cheng X, McCormick K, Meinwald J, Blankespoor C, Eisner T (1993a) Alkaloids of the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis (Coccinellidae). Tetrahedron 49: 9333-9342
3. Attygalle AB, McCormick KD, Blakespoor CL, Eisner T, Meinwald J (1993b) Azamacrolides: A family of alkaloids from the pupal defensive secretion of a ladybird beetle (Epilachna varivestis) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90: 5204-5208
4. Blum MS, Hilker M (2002) Chemical protection of insect eggs in Hilker M & Meiners T (eds) Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition Pp 61-90 Blackwell Publishing, Berlin
5. Conover JW, (1980) Practical Nonparametric Statistics, John Wiley & sons, New York
6. Daloze D, Braekman J, Pasteels J (1995) Ladybird defence alkaloids: structural, chemotaxonomic and biosynthetic aspects. Chemoecology 5/6: 173-183
7. Eisner T, Goetz M, Aneshansley D, Ferstandig A, Meinwald J (1986) Defensive alkaloid in blood of Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Experientia 42: 204-207
8. Eisner T, Rossini C, González A, Iyengar V, Siegler M, Smedley S (2002). Paternal investment in egg defence in Hilker M & Meiners T (eds) Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition Pp: 91-116 Blackwell Publishing, Berlin
9. Ganho N, Marinoni R (2000) Some reproductive and ontogenetic characteristics of Epilachna paenulata (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Epilachninae) Rev Bras Zool 17: 445-454
10. Gordon R (1985) The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico J New York Entomol Soc 93: 1-912
11. King A, Meinwald J (1996) Review of the defensive chemistry of coccinellids Chemical Reviews 96: 1105-1122
12. Lindstrom L, Rowe C, Guilford T (2001) Pyrazine odour makes visually conspicuous prey aversive Proc Biol Sci 268: 159-162
13. Moore BP, Brown WV & Rothschild M (1990) Methylalkylpyrazines in aposematic insects, their host plants and mimics. Chemoecology 1:43-51
14. Proksch P, Witte L, Wray V, Hartmann T (1993) Ontogenetic variation of defensive alkaloids in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Entomol Gener 18: 1-7
15. Radford P, Attygalle A, Meinwald J, Smedley S, Eisner T (1997) Pyrrolidinooxazolidine alkaloids from two species of ladybird beetles J Nat Prod 60: 755-759
16. Scatoni I, Bentancourt C (1999) Guía de Insectos y Acaros de Importancia Económica en Uruguay Facultad de Agronomía, UdelaR, Montevideo
17. Schroeder F, Farmer J, Attygalle A, Smedley S, Eisner T, Meinwald J (1998a) Combinatorial chemistry in insects: A library of defensive macrocyclic polyamines Science 281: 428-431
18. Schroeder F, Farmer J, Smedley S, Eisner T, Meinwald J (1998b) Absolute configuration of the polyazamacrolides, macrocyclic polyamines produced by a ladybird beetle Tetrah Lett 39: 6625-6628
19. Tissot A (1943) The Mexican bean beetle in Florida Florida Entomol 26: 1-8
20. Vahed K (1998) The function of nuptial feeding in insects: review of empirical studies Biol Rev 73: 43-78
21. Woolfson, A. and M. Rothschild (1990). "Speculating about pyrazines." Proc Biol Sci 242: 113-119