The chemical defense of the Texas cave harvestman Chinquipellobunus madlae: first report on the family Stygnopsidae and on a North American troglobiont harvestman (Opilones: Gonyleptoidea)

被引：8

作者：

Shear, William A. ^{[1
]}

Snyder, Alexander J. ^{[2
]}

Jones, Tappey H. ^{[2
]}

Garraffo, H. Martin ^{[3
]}

Andriamaharavo, N. Rabe ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Hampden Sydney Coll, Dept Biol, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943 USA

[2] Virginia Mil Inst, Dept Chem, Lexington, VA 24450 USA

[3] NIDDK, Bioorgan Chem Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY | 2010年 / 38卷 / 01期

关键词：

Secretion; 2-methyl-5-ethylphenol; 2,5-dimethylphenol; BEHAVIORAL DEFENSES; OPILIONES; ARACHNIDA; GONYLEPTIDAE; SECRETIONS; LANIATORES;

D O I：

10.1636/B09-65.1

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The stygnopsid harvestman Chinquipellobunus madlae (Goodnight and Goodnight 1967) is known from numerous caves in eleven counties in Texas and is a highly adapted troglobiont (Cokendolpher 2004). Adult and juvenile specimens were extracted in methanol, and the major volatile component of their chemical defense secretion was identified as 2-methyl-5-ethylphenol; a minor component was 2, 5-dimethylphenol. Methylethyl phenols and dimethyl phenols have also been identified in other grassatorid Opiliones, but this is the first report of defensive chemistry from a member of the family Stygnopsidae and from a North American troglobiont harvestman.

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