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Title: Chemical defense in the cave- dwelling millipede Brachydesmus troglobius Daday, 1889 (Diplopoda, Polydesmidae).
Authors: Makarov, Slobodan 
Vujisić, Ljubodrag
Ćurčić, Božidar
Ilić, Bojan 
Tešević, Vele
Vajs, Vlatka
Vučković, Ivan
Mitić, Bojan 
Lučić, Luka 
Đorđević, Iris.
Keywords: Diplopoda;;Brachydesmus;;Troglobitic;;Chemical defense;;HCN.
Issue Date: 2012
Rank: M21
Publisher: Societa Speleologica Italiana, Bologna
Journal: International Journal of Speleology
Volume: 41
Start page: 95
End page: 100
Abstract: 
The troglomorphic millipede Brachydesmus troglobius Daday, 1889 (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae) secretes allomones from glands on both lateral surfaces of its body segments. The secretion was identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis with electron and chemical ionization, and was shown to be composed of a mixture of benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, benzoylnitrile, benzoic acid and mandelonitrile benzoate. Hydrogen cyanide was qualitatively identified by the picric acid test. This is the first identification of these compounds in a cave-dwelling polydesmid.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5969
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.10
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