Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea
We had occasion recently to study 3 live specimens of Pseudozaena orientalis opaca, an ozaenine carabid beetle (subfamily Paussinae, tribe Ozaenini) from New Guinea, and report here on the biology and chemistry of its defensive spray mechanism. A number of New World ozaenines had previously been stu...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1989-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/31512 |
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| Summary: | We had occasion recently to study 3 live specimens of Pseudozaena
orientalis opaca, an ozaenine carabid beetle (subfamily Paussinae,
tribe Ozaenini) from New Guinea, and report here on the
biology and chemistry of its defensive spray mechanism. A number
of New World ozaenines had previously been studied chemically
and shown to be “bombardiers” that discharge a hot quinonoid
mixture (Aneshansley et al. 1969, 1983; Eisner and Aneshansley
1982; Eisner et al. 1977; Roach et al. 1979). Pseudozaena proved no
exception. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-2615 1687-7438 |