Chemical Defense of an OzaenineBombardier 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 st...

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Published in:Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1989-01, Vol.96 (3-4), p.153-160
Main Authors: Eisner, Thomas, Ball, George E., Roach, Braden, Aneschansley, Daniel J., Eisner, Maria, Blankespoor, Curtis L., Meinwald, Jerrold
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Language:English
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Summary: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 studied chemically and shown to be “bombardiers” that discharge a hot quinonoid mixture (Aneshansley et al. 1969, 1983; Eisner and Aneshansley 1982; Eisner et al. 1977; Roach et al. 1979). Pseudozaena proved no exception.
ISSN:0033-2615
1687-7438
DOI:10.1155/1989/31512