Convergent evolution in the antennae of a cerambycid beetle, Onychocerus albitarsis, and the sting of a scorpion

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-261

  Berkov, Amy ^a,b   Rodríguez, Nelson ^a   Centeno, Pedro ^c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Centro de Estudios de la Amazonia Andina Con la Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica La Estación Biológica Villa Carmen Calle Cesar Vallejo   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aculeus; Anisocerini; Cerambycidae; Defense chemicals; Leiurus quinquestriatus; O. crassus

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ANTENNA; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; SPECIALIZATION; VENOM; WASP;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEETLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOCERUS ALBITARSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORPION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SCORPIONS;

ALBITARSIS; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; ASCALAPHIDAE; BUTHIDA; CERAMBYCIDAE; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; MYRMELEONTIDAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 43049171972     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0316-1     Document Type: Article

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