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Defense Mechanisms of Arthropods—XII. Glucose and Hydrocarbons in the Quinone-Containing Secretion of Eleodes longicollis12
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BiologyTerrestrial ArthropodBiosynthesisEngineeringPheromone BiochemistryBiochemistryDefense MechanismsNatural SciencesEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyQuinone-containing SecretionEleodes Longicollis12Defensive SecretionSemiochemicalTropical Insect ScienceSymbiosisIdentified—the Hydrocarbons
The defensive secretion of the tenebrionid beetle Eleodes longicollis LeConte contains—in addition to three quinones previously identified—the hydrocarbons 1-tridecene and 1-undecene, and glucose. 1-Nonene may also be present.