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Formic acid in caustic cephalic secretions of stingless bee,Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

D W Roubik1, B H Smith, R G Carlson.   

Abstract

The cephalic extracts of two species in the stingless bee genusOxytrigona were analyzed. Extracts made in diethyl ether, and then derivatized with diphenyldiazomethane, revealed large quantities of formic acid, potentially a major defensive secretion of this stingless bee group. We additionally identify several hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, and acetates. Novel diketones identified by others were detected in both species.

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Year:  1987        PMID： 24302133     DOI： 10.1007/BF01020539

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Chem Ecol        ISSN： 0098-0331            Impact factor:   2.626


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1.  Mandibular glands of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Chemical analysis of their contents and biological function in two species ofMelipona.

Authors:  B H Smith; D W Roubik
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1983-11       Impact factor: 2.626

Review 2.  Biochemistry of insect venoms.

Authors:  J O Schmidt
Journal:  Annu Rev Entomol       Date:  1982       Impact factor: 19.686

3.  Chemistry of cephalic secretion of fire beeTrigona (Oxytrigona) tataira.

Authors:  Z Bian; H M Fales; M S Blum; T H Jones; T E Rinderer; D F Howard
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1984-03       Impact factor: 2.626

4.  Alarm substances of the stingless bee,Trigona silvestriana.

Authors:  L K Johnson; L W Haynes; M A Carlson; H A Fortnum; D L Gorgas
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1985-04       Impact factor: 2.626

5.  Biosynthesis of formic acid by the poison glands of formicine ants.

Authors:  A Hefetz; M S Blum
Journal:  Biochim Biophys Acta       Date:  1978-11-01
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1.  Stingless bees: chemical differences and potential functions in Nannotrigona testaceicornis and Plebeia droryana males and workers.

Authors:  Adriana Pianaro; Cristiano Menezes; Warwick Estevam Kerr; Rodrigo B Singer; Eda Flávia Lotufo R A Patricio; Anita J Marsaioli
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  2009-09       Impact factor: 2.626

2.  Male meliponine bees (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis) produce alarm pheromones to which workers respond with fight and males with flight.

Authors:  Dirk Louis P Schorkopf
Journal:  J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol       Date:  2016-07-05       Impact factor: 1.836

3.  Nest plundering allomones of the fire beeTrigona (Oxytrigona) mellicolor.

Authors:  T E Rinderer; M S Blum; H M Fales; Z Bian; T H Jones; S M Buco; V A Lancaster; R G Danka; D F Howard
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1988-02       Impact factor: 2.626

4.  Karyotypic description of the stingless bee Oxytrigona cf. flaveola (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponina) of a colony from Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

Authors:  Diones Krinski; Anderson Fernandes; Marla Piumbini Rocha; Silvia das Graças Pompolo
Journal:  Genet Mol Biol       Date:  2010-09-01       Impact factor: 1.771
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