SURFACE-LIPIDS OF THE SOCIAL WASP POLISTES-ANNULARIS (L) AND ITS NEST AND NEST PEDICEL

被引：74

作者：

ESPELIE, KE

HERMANN, HR

机构：

[1] Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, 30602, Georgia

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY | 1990年 / 16卷 / 06期

关键词：

defensive mechanisms; Hymenoptera; necrophoric behavior; nest pedicel; Polistes annularis; social wasps; Vespidae; wasps;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01020498

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Cuticular lipids were recovered from Polistes annularis workers and characterized by combined gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry. These lipids were found to be straight-chain and methyl-branched hydrocarbons with the major components being 13,17-dimethylhentriacontane (18%), 3-methyl-nonacosane (13%), and 3-methylheptacosane (11%). Cuticular lipids with a very similar composition were found on the surface of the larvae, eggs, and adult males of Polistes annularis as well as on the surface of the nest and nest pedicel of the wasp. Hexadecanoic acid and octadecenoic acid were also found on the surface of the nest pedicel and these acids and/or the hydrocarbons may play a defensive role for the wasps. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

引用

页码：1841 / 1852

页数：12

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