Electroantennogram and behavioral responses of workers of the stingless bee Oxytrigona mediorufa to mandibular gland volatiles

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Cruz Lopez L ^a   Aguilar, S ^a   Malo, E A ^a   Rincon M ^b   Guzman, M ^a   Rojas, J C ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

2 heptanone; 3 hepten 2; 5 dione; Alarm pheromone; Apidae; Defensive behavior; Electroantennography; Hymenoptera

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEROMONE; SECRETION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; OXYTRIGONA;

EID: 33947116213     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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