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The defensive secretion of the tiger beetleCicindela flexuosa (F.) (Cicindelinae; Carabidae) |
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| Authors: | A. Hefetz H. A. Lloyd A. Valdenberg |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, (Israel);(2) Laboratory of Chemistry, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, 20205 Bethesda, Maryland, USA;(3) Present address: National Heart and Lung Institute, 20205 MD, Bethesda, USA |
| Abstract: | Summary The pygidial gland secretion of the tiger beetleCicindela flexuosa consists of tetradecylacetate and hexadecylacetate. It functions as a defense mechanism. |
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