Defensive secretion of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

A. B. Attygalle; C. L. Blankespoor; J. Meinwald; T. Eisner

doi:10.1007/BF00994202

Defensive secretion of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

A. B. Attygalle, C. L. Blankespoor, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell University

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Abstract

The defensive secretion of Tenebrio molitor contains a mixture of 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone and m-cresol. The phenol had not previously been detected in the secretion, although some investigators reported presence of 2-ethyl-1,4-benzoquinone as a second component. We failed to detect the latter quinone in secretion samples from three laboratory populations of T. molitor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	805-809
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00994202
State	Published - Apr 1991

Keywords

2-Methyl-1,4-benzoquinone
Coleoptera
Tenebrio molitor
Tenebrionidae
defensive glands
m-cresol

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Defensive secretion of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

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