Anti-predator defence mechanisms in sawfly larvae of Arge (Hymenoptera, Argidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Petre, Charles Albert ^a   Detrain, Claire ^b   Boevé, Jean Luc ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arge sawfly larvae; Deterrence and paralysing bioactivities; Hemolymph; Predatory ants; Ventral glands

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOACTIVITY; BODY FLUID; DEFENSE MECHANISM; INSECT; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PEPTIDE; TOXICITY; WORKER CASTE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PREDATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ARGE; ARGE NIGRIPES; ARGIDAE (HYMENOPTERANS); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 34447555685     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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