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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| author | Thomas Eisner George E. Ball Braden Roach Daniel J. Aneschansley Maria Eisner Curtis L. Blankespoor Jerrold Meinwald |
| author_facet | Thomas Eisner George E. Ball Braden Roach Daniel J. Aneschansley Maria Eisner Curtis L. Blankespoor Jerrold Meinwald |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-7fb5c882d46e4059aa2e6a71544ecab22025-02-03T01:02:45ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381989-01-01963-415316010.1155/1989/31512Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine Bombardier Beetle From New GuineaThomas Eisner0George E. Ball1Braden Roach2Daniel J. Aneschansley3Maria Eisner4Curtis L. Blankespoor5Jerrold Meinwald6Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, New York, USADepartment of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E3, CanadaDepartment of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, New York, USADepartment of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, New York, USASection of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, New York, USASection of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, New York, USADepartment of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, New York, USAWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/31512 |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Eisner George E. Ball Braden Roach Daniel J. Aneschansley Maria Eisner Curtis L. Blankespoor Jerrold Meinwald Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine
Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea |
| title_full | Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine
Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine
Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine
Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea |
| title_short | Chemical Defense of an Ozaenine
Bombardier Beetle From New Guinea |
| title_sort | chemical defense of an ozaenine bombardier beetle from new guinea |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/31512 |
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