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A biologically-active compound from pupae of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (diptera psychodidae) and its possible role in defence

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A biologically-active compound from pupae of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (diptera psychodidae) and its possible role in defence. / Dougherty, M. J.; Hamilton, J. G.C.
In: Bulletin of Entomological Research, Vol. 86, No. 1, 01.02.1996, p. 11-16.

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Dougherty MJ, Hamilton JGC. A biologically-active compound from pupae of the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (diptera psychodidae) and its possible role in defence. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 1996 Feb 1;86(1):11-16. doi: 10.1017/S0007485300052147

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abstract = "Gas chromatography analysis of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) pupae and fourth instar larvae revealed a compound which was not present in other larval stages. Squashed pupae were repellent to conspecific larvae and ants (Lasius niger (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)), whereas second and third instars were not. Hexane extracts of pupae were repellent to conspecific larvae and L. niger, but extracts of second and third instars were not. The biologically active chemical was isolated from pupae and fourth instars and was found to be repellent to conspecific larvae and L. niger. The possibility that pupae and fourth instars may use a combined chemical and mechanical defensive strategy to avoid predation and cannibalism is discussed.",
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AB - Gas chromatography analysis of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) pupae and fourth instar larvae revealed a compound which was not present in other larval stages. Squashed pupae were repellent to conspecific larvae and ants (Lasius niger (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)), whereas second and third instars were not. Hexane extracts of pupae were repellent to conspecific larvae and L. niger, but extracts of second and third instars were not. The biologically active chemical was isolated from pupae and fourth instars and was found to be repellent to conspecific larvae and L. niger. The possibility that pupae and fourth instars may use a combined chemical and mechanical defensive strategy to avoid predation and cannibalism is discussed.

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