Intraspecific transfer of cantharidin within selected members of the family Meloidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 890-899

  Nikbakhtzadeh, Mahmood Reza ^a   Dettner, Konrad ^b   Boland, Wilhelm ^c   Gäde, Gerd ^d   Dötterl, Steffan ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blister beetle; Cantharidin; Intraspecific transfer; Meloidae; Pharmacodynamics

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN; DEUTERIUM;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TIME; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANTHARIDIN; DEUTERIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VAS DEFERENS;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 34548175147     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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