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Acanthomyops claviger

Terpenoid substances are of broad distribution and diverse function in insects. One set, elaborated by the mandibular glands of Acanthomyops claviger, acts both as a defensive secretion and as an alarm releaser. When fed Cu-labeled acetate or mevalonate, laboratory colonies of these ants produce radioactive citronellal and citral, providing unambiguous evidence for de novo synthesis of these terpenes by the ant. The incorporations of these precursors implicate the mevalonic acid pathway as the likely biosynthetic route. [Pg.31]

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) male attractant (OD-R) Monarch butterfly (Datums plexippus), defence grasshopper (Poekilocerus bufonius) defence (squirts) (derived from plant) Ant (Acanthomyops claviger) defence bee (Oxaea) male territory marker (OD-R) [antiseptic]... [Pg.439]

Ant (Acanthomyops claviger) defence (OD-R) [antiseptic, sedative] Aphid alarm pheromone... [Pg.439]

A number of monoterpenes are used as defensive compounds by the walking stick insect Anisomorpha bupresti-odes and the ant Acanthomyops claviger. The compounds are apparently synthesized within the insect. Other allomonal compounds (57-59) produced by ants are probably terpene derived. a-Pinene (14) is used by some termites for defense. [Pg.341]

Synthesized in glands of the ant Acanthomyops claviger feeding deterrent... [Pg.508]

See other pages where Acanthomyops claviger is mentioned: [Pg.31]    [Pg.32]    [Pg.198]    [Pg.233]    [Pg.464]    [Pg.118]    [Pg.31]    [Pg.32]    [Pg.198]    [Pg.233]    [Pg.464]    [Pg.118]   
See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.6 , Pg.454 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.6 , Pg.454 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.341 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.118 ]



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