Chemical composition and pheromonal function of the defensive secretions in the subtribe Stizopina (Coleptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrini)

Chemoecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Geiselhardt, S ^a,b   Schmitt, T ^a   Peschke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Biologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 Alkenes; Aggregation pheromone; Benzoquinones; Coleoptera; Defensive secretion; Monoterpene hydrocarbons; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 58149472381     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-008-0001-7     Document Type: Article

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