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Alarm Pheromone in a Gregarious Poduromorph Collembolan (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)

  • Purrington F
  • Kendall P
  • Bater J
  • et al.
The Great Lakes Entomologist (2017) 24(2)
DOI: 10.22543/0090-0222.1732
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Abstract

We report an alarm pheromone in the gregarious poduromorph collembolan, Hypogastrura pannosa. Cuticular rupture results in emission of a rapidly vaporizing hexane-soluble material with an active space diameter of ca. 1 cm. Conspecifics encountering the vapor front respond with stereotypic aversion and dispersal behaviors. This is the first report on the presence of an alarm pheromone in the order Collembola

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Purrington, F. F., Kendall, P. A., Bater, J. E., & Stinner, B. R. (2017). Alarm Pheromone in a Gregarious Poduromorph Collembolan (Collembola: Hypogastruridae). The Great Lakes Entomologist, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1732

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