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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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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