Smelling like resin: Terpenoids account for species-specific cuticular profiles in Southeast-Asian stingless bees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-170

  Leonhardt, S D ^a   Blüthgen, N ^a   Schmitt, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular profiles; Resins; Stingless bees; Terpenoids; Trigona

Indexed keywords

BEE; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CUTICLE; NEST STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIN; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA;

EID: 70349490969     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0007-3     Document Type: Article

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