@article {1402,
	title = {Semiochemicals of the Scarabaeinae .5. Characterization of the Defensive Secretion of the Dung Beetle Oniticellus-Egregius},
	journal = {Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung C-a Journal of Biosciences},
	volume = {50},
	number = {9-10},
	year = {1995},
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	month = {Sep-Oct},
	pages = {681-684},
	abstract = {Using techniques that were developed for the concentration and analysis of airborne organic volatiles, methyl salicylate and 1,4-benzoquinone were found to be the only two compounds present in detectable quantities in the effluvium of Oniticellus egregius. These two compounds, previously identified in the defensive secretions of other arthropods, are presumed to be produced as a defense mechanism against predators, such as birds. Methyl salicylate and 1,4- benzoquinone have thus far not been found to occur in other Scarabaeinae.},
	keywords = {COLEOPTERA, defensive secretion, dung beetle, headspace gas analysis, Scarabaeinae, semiochemicals},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1995TD77200014},
	author = {Burger, B. V. and Petersen, W. G. B. and Tribe, G. D.}
}
