Food wrapping with the postpharyngeal gland secretion by females of the european beewolf Philanthus triangulum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 849-859

  Herzner, Gudrun ^a,b   Schmitt, Thomas ^c   Peschke, Klaus ^c   Hilpert, Andrea ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 Pentacosene; Apis mellifera; Crabronidae; Honeybee; Hymenoptera; Philanthus triangulum; Postpharyngeal gland; Prey preservation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BROOD REARING; FOOD STORAGE; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; SECRETION; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSECT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTS; PHARYNX; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; CRABRONIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM;

EID: 33947502184     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9263-8     Document Type: Article

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