CHEMISTRY OF THE MANDIBULAR GLAND SECRETION OF THE INDIAN BEE PITHITIS-SMARAGDULA

被引：11

作者：

HEFETZ, A

BATRA, SWT

BLUM, MS

机构：

[1] NHLBI, CHEM LAB, BETHESDA, MD 20014 USA

[2] UNIV GEORGIA, DEPT ENTOMOL, ATHENS, GA 30602 USA

[3] INST INSECT IDENTIFICAT & BENEFICIAL INSECT INTROD, BENEFICIAL INSECT INTRODUCT LAB, BELTSVILLE, MD USA

[4] USDA, BELTSVILLE, MD 20705 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY | 1979年 / 5卷 / 05期

关键词：

Ceratininae; citronellyl acetate; defensive secretion; ethyl hexadecanoate; geranyl acetate; hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera; mandibular glands; Pithitis; salicylaldehyde;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00986559

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The mandibular glands of the stem-nesting Indian bee Pithitis smaragdula contain a mixture of salicylaldehyde, citronellyl acetate, geranyl acetate, pentadecane, heptadecane, ethyl tetradecanoate, and ethyl hexadecanoate. Salicylaldehyde is reported for the first time from a hymenopterous source. The secretion, emitted when the bee is disturbed, is rubbed with the legs over the bee's body and the disturbing object. The reactivity of some of the components in combination with the bee's behavior make the glandular exudate an effective defensive secretion. © 1979 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

引用

页码：753 / 758

页数：6

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