Secretions of stingless bees: the Dufour glands of some Frieseomelitta species (Apidae, Meliponinae)
| Autor: | Roland Maile, Eda Flavia L. R. A. Patricio, Leopoldo Cruz Lopez, E. David Morgan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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0106 biological sciences
Exocrine gland [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity Hymenoptera 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Frieseomelitta sylvestrii languida Botany medicine geranylfarnesol Frieseomelitta varia Frieseomelitta [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment biology Apidae Frieseomelitta sylvestrii biology.organism_classification Geranylfarnesol 3. Good health Apoidea [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology 010602 entomology medicine.anatomical_structure Aculeata [SDV.SA.SPA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Animal production studies Insect Science |
| Zdroj: | Apidologie Apidologie, Springer Verlag, 2003, 34 (4), pp.359-365. ⟨10.1051/apido:2003027⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1297-9678 0044-8435 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/apido:2003027 |
| Popis: | The first recorded analyses of meliponine bee Dufour gland secretions by gas chromatographic- mass spectrometry on three species of Frieseomelitta showed these glands contain a mixture of oxygenated compounds and terpenoids with some hydrocarbons. In F. varia the major substances are eicosenal, 1-eicosenol and 2-pentadecanone. In F. sylvestrii they are pentacosene, nonadecanal and heptacosene. F. silvestrii languida, with the largest glands and the most complex mixture, has geranylfarnesol, followed by 1-tetradecanol and tetradecanal, making it quite different from F. silvestrii. Frieseomelitta sylvestrii / Frieseomelitta varia / Frieseomelitta sylvestrii languida / geranylfarnesol |
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