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Title: Molecular Diversity of Compounds from Pygidial Gland Secretions of Cave-Dwelling Ground Beetles: The First Evidence
Authors: Vesović, Nikola 
Ćurčić, Srećko 
Vujisić, Ljubodrag
Nenadić, Marija 
Krstić, Gordana
Perić-Mataruga, Vesna
Milosavljević, Slobodan
Antić, Dragan 
Mandić, Boris
Petković, Matija
Vučković, Ivan
Marković, Đorđe
Vrbica, Maja 
Ćurčić, Božidar
Makarov, Slobodan 
Keywords: Carabidae;Cave-dwelling animals;Coleoptera;Compounds;Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/MS);Ground beetles;Insecta;Platyninae;Pygidial glands;Trechinae
Issue Date: 13-Jun-2015
Rank: M21
Publisher: Springer
Project: Serbian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Grants 173038, 172053 and 173027.
Journal: Journal of Chemical Ecology
Volume: 41
Start page: 533
End page: 539
Abstract: 
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Three adult cave-dwelling ground beetle species were induced to discharge secretions of their pygidial glands into vials. Dichloromethane extraction was used to obtain the secretions. In total, 42 compounds were identified by GC/MS analysis. Pheggomisetes ninae contained 32 glandular compounds, Laemostenus (Pristonychus) punctatus 13, whereas Duvalius (Paraduvalius) milutini had nine compounds. Caproic, oleic, palmitic, and stearic acids were present in the samples of all analyzed species. Undecane was predominant in the extract of L. punctatus. Palmitic acid was the major component in the secretion of D. milutini. Finally, the most abundant compounds in P. ninae secretion were heptacosene and nonacosadienes. Herein, we present the first data on the identification of pygidial gland secretion components in both troglophilous and troglobite cave-dwelling ground beetles. Some compounds are reported for the first time in the secretions of ground beetles and other higher or lower taxa. The adaptation to underground life has not led to a reduction or changes in the chemical defense mechanism in the analyzed troglophilous and troglobitic Platyninae and Trechinae taxa.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/117
ISSN: 0098-0331
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0593-7
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