The defensive secretion of the tiger beetleCicindela flexuosa (F.) (Cicindelinae; Carabidae)

A. Hefetz,H. A. Lloyd,A. Valdenberg

The defensive secretion of the tiger beetleCicindela flexuosa (F.) (Cicindelinae; Carabidae)

1984

A. Hefetz
H. A. Lloyd
A. Valdenberg

The pygidial gland secretion of the tiger beetleCicindela flexuosa consists of tetradecylacetate and hexadecylacetate. It functions as a defense mechanism.

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Tiger
Secretion
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Biochemistry
Anatomy
Biology
exocrine secretion
gland secretion

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