The chemistry of arthropod defensive substances

Weatherston, J.

doi:10.1039/qr9672100287

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“…Other studies have demonstrated various carbonyl compounds and aldehydes in Hemiptera secretions (Baggini et al 1966;Calam and Youdeowei 1968;Tsuyuki et al 1965;Weatherston 1967), but not cardenolides.…”

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Cardiac glycosides in the Lygaeinae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Scudder¹,

Duffey²

1972

Can. J. Zool.

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Cardiac glycosides are shown to occur in brightly colored species belonging in most genera of the Lygaeid subfamily Lygaeinae. These insects appear to sequester these chemicals from their host plants. Several genera possess a special series of glands which appear to have as a principal function the concentration of these potent chemicals. Cardiac glycosides can also be detected in the other better known defensive secretions of these Hemiptera. It is concluded that most genera of Lygaeinae contain species that have the chemical basis for being protected. Their participation, as models, in mimicry complexes is thus suggested.

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Cardiac glycosides in the Lygaeinae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Scudder¹,

Duffey²

1972

Can. J. Zool.

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“…Studies of the chemical composition of the defensive secretions of the pentatomid stink bugs have shown the presence of alkanes, alkenyl acetates, and unsaturated aldehydes (Weatherston 1967, Weatherston & Percy 1970, Schildknecht 1970, and the last-named have been demonstrated to be the active repellent compounds (Remold 1963). This note reports the chemical investigation of the previously unstudied secretion of the guava bug, Vitellus insularis Stal, a spinous green pentatomid found on guava trees in Fiji (Hinckley 1963).…”

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The defensive secretion of Vitellus insularis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Smith

1974

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

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“…Iridomyrmecin [32] was the first to be isolated, from Iridomyrmex humilis, by Pavan (1949Pavan ( , 1950 who reported insecticidal and antibiotic properties, but the activity is primarily knockdown (Cavill & Clark 1971). The chemistry of iridoids has been reviewed by Cavill ( 1960Cavill ( , 1969 and Weatherston (1967). All of the iridoids found in ants are thought to arise from citronellal [33] (Clark et al 1958(Clark et al , 1959Cavill & Clark 1971) (Blum & Hermann 1978b;Attygalle & Morgan 1984a;Cox et al 1989).…”

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Insect chemical communication: Pheromones and exocrine glands of ants

Jackson

Morgan

1993

Chemoecology

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Summary. Chemical communication plays a very important role in the lives of many social insects. Several different types of pheromones (species-specific chemical messengers) of ants have been described, particularly those involved in recruitment, recognition, territorial and alarm behaviours. Properties of pheromones include activity in minute quantities (thus requiring sensitive methods for chemical analysis) and specificity (which can have chemotaxonomic uses). Ants produce pheromones in various exocrine glands, such as the Dufour, poison, pygidial and mandibular glands. A wide range of substances have been identified from these glands.

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The chemistry of arthropod defensive substances

Cited by 59 publications

References 4 publications

Cardiac glycosides in the Lygaeinae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Cardiac glycosides in the Lygaeinae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

The defensive secretion of Vitellus insularis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Insect chemical communication: Pheromones and exocrine glands of ants

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