A sex pheromone in the desert tenebrionid beetle Parastizopus armaticeps

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1065-1071

  Geiselhardt, Sven ^a,c   Jakobschy, Diana ^a   Ockenfels, Peter ^b   Peschke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Freie Universität Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Ethylphenol; 3 Methylphenol; Chemo orientation; Defensive secretion; Ethyl 1,4 benzoquinone; m Cresol; Male sex pheromone; Parastizopus armaticeps; Servosphere

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOLATILIZATION;

COLEOPTERA; PARASTIZOPUS ARMATICEPS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 48449089649     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9488-1     Document Type: Article

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