Chemotaxonomical characterisation of males of Bombus lucorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae) collected in the Czech Republic

Title:

Chemotaxonomical characterisation of males of Bombus lucorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae) collected in the Czech Republic

Creator:

Urbanová, Klára, Valterová, Irena, Hovorka, Oldřich , and Kindl, Jiří

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:30e55887-bd81-4e0f-9b16-29ef8fda25c7
uuid:30e55887-bd81-4e0f-9b16-29ef8fda25c7

Subject:

Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus lucorum, bumblebees, marking pheromone, labial gland secretion, chemosystematics, and ethyl (Z)-9-tetradecenoate

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Labial gland secretions of 26 males of the bumblebee Bombus lucorum (L.), collected in the Czech Republic, were analysed. The secretions consisted of 60 compounds; ethyl (Z)-9-tetradecenoate was the main component (average 53%). Although the males varied in colour, their labial gland secretions were similar in composition, which indicated they belonged to one species. Chemically the B. lucorum occurring in the Czech Republic correspond to the earlier described "blonde form" of this species.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2001 Volume:98 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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